Community-based seroepidemiology of diphtheria and tetanus in Edirne, Turkey

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-278

  Tansel, Özlem ^a   Ekuklu, Galip ^a   Eker, Alper ^a   Kunduracilar, Hakan ^a   Yuluǧkural, Zerrin ^a   Yüksel, Pein ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; ANTITOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTITOXINS; DIPHTHERIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TETANUS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449094938     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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