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Seroprevalence of Immunoglobulin G antibodies against pertussis toxin among asymptomatic medical students in the west of Iran: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Pertussis is a highly communicable, vaccine-preventable respiratory infection. Immune response against this disease can be induced by infection or vaccination. Protection after childhood vaccination is minimal after ten years. Our aim was to assess pertussis immunity state in a populatio...

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Autores principales: Hashemi, Seyyed Hamid, Ranjbar, Mitra, Hajilooi, Mehrdad, Seif-Rabiei, Mohammad-Ali, Bolandi, Mahnaz, Moghimi, Javad
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19426546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-58