Diphtheria in Lao PDR: Insufficient coverage or ineffective vaccine?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Nanthavong, Naphavanh ^a   Black, Antony P ^b,c   Nouanthong, Phonethipsavanh ^b   Souvannaso, Chanthasone ^b   Vilivong, Keooudomphone ^b   Muller, Claude P ^b,c   Goossens, Sylvie ^d   Quet, Fabrice ^a   Buisson, Yves ^a  

^a Institut Francophone de Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^b Institut Pasteur du Laos   (Laos)

^c LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^d Independent Consultant Unaffiliated ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; TETANUS ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFANT; LAOS; LAOTHEUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; STUNTING; TUBERCULOSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; VACCINATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84929359624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121749     Document Type: Article

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