Seroprevalence and determinants of immunity to diphtheria for children living in two districts of contrasting incidence during an outbreak in East Java, Indonesia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1152-1156

  Hughes, Gareth J ^a,b   Mikhail, Amy F W ^a,c   Husada, Dominicus ^d   Irawan, Eveline ^e   Kafatos, George ^a   Bracebridge, Samantha ^a   Pebody, Richard ^a   Efstratiou, Androulla ^a,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Scientific Advice Unit   (Sweden)

^d AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e Balai Besar Laboratorium Kesehatan   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria; Indonesia; Serology; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; THROAT CULTURE; VACCINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNX; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84944256275     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000846     Document Type: Article

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