Poor immunity status against poliomyelitis in medical students: A semi-anonymous study

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-65

  Külshammer, Manuel ^a   Winke, Ute ^a   Frank, Monika ^a   Skali Lami, Ursula ^a   Steudel, Henrike ^a   Schilling, Gert ^a   Drexler, Jan Felix ^a   Eis Hübinger, Anna Maria ^a   Matz, Bertfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunity status; Medical students; Polioviruses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 2; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 3; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DATA COLLECTION; GERMANY; HUMANS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84873407537     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-012-0237-2     Document Type: Article

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