Comparative seroepidemiology of diphtheria in six European countries and Israel

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 132-142

  Di Giovine, P ^a   Kafatos, G ^b   Nardone, A ^b   Andrews, N ^b   Olander, R M ^c   Alfarone, G ^a   Broughton, K ^b   Cohen, D ^d   Kriz, B ^e   Mikova, I ^f   O'Flanagan, D ^g   Schneider, F ^h   Selga, I ⁱ   Valinsky, L ^j   Velicko, I ^i,k   Karacs, I ^l   Pebody, R ^b   Von Hunolstein, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^f Regional Public Health Authority   (Slovakia)

^g HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^h LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

ⁱ State Agency 'Public Health Agency'   (Latvia)

^j MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^k SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

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Author keywords

Diphtheria; Immunoepidemiology; Serology

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; ISRAEL; LATVIA; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SLOVAKIA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTITOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870951888     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000210     Document Type: Article

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