Tetanus and diphtheria immunity among term and preterm infant-mother pairs in Turkey, a country where maternal and neonatal tetanus have recently been eliminated

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 339-344

  Erener Ercan, Tugba ^a,d   Aslan, Mustafa ^a   Vural, Mehmet ^a   Erginoz, Ethem ^a   Kocazeybek, Bekir ^a   Ercan, Gokmen ^b   Turkgeldi, Lale Wetherilt ^c   Perk, Yildiz ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Libadiye caddesi Goztepe Soyak Sitesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diphtheria; Maternal vaccination; Preterm; Seroprotection; Term; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE ELIMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOMETRIC MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; GEOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL SERUM; MATERNAL TETANUS; MOTHER; NEWBORN TETANUS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TETANUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VACCINATION; BLOOD; FETUS BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; TURKEY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; TETANUS; TURKEY; VACCINATION;

EID: 84923339260     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-014-2400-9     Document Type: Article

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