High level immunity against poliomyelitis in African and Asian refugees in southern Italy

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-205

  Tafuri, Silvio ^a   Martinelli, Domenico ^b   Melpignano, Livio ^a   Balducci, Maria Teresa ^a   Calvario, Agata ^c   Bozzi, Anna ^c   Prato, Rosa ^b   Germinario, Cinzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c Bari Policlinico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AFRICAN; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 2; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 3; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; VACCINATION; AFRICA; ASIA; BLOOD; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AFRICA; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; REFUGEES;

EID: 77951217676     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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