Serological immunity to diphtheria and tetanus in healthy adults in Delhi, India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 160-163

  Saxena, Sonal ^a   Jais, Manoj ^a   Dutta, Renu ^a   Dutta, A K ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (United States)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEROLOGY; TETANUS; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TETANUS; TETANUS ANTITOXIN;

EID: 67650349150     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080274     Document Type: Article

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