Baseline immunity to diphtheria and immunologic response after booster vaccination with reduced diphtheria and tetanus toxoid vaccine in Thai health care workers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Wiboonchutikul, Surasak ^a   Manosuthi, Weerawat ^a   Sangsajja, Chariya ^a   Thientong, Varaporn ^a   Likanonsakul, Sirirat ^a   Srisopha, Somkid ^a   Termvises, Patamavadee ^a   Rujitip, Jitlada ^a   Loiusirirotchanakul, Suda ^b   Puthavathana, Pilaipan ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Booster immunization; Diphtheria antibody; Health care personnel; Serologic response; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNITY; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903313070     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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