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Immunity Against Tetanus Infection, Risk Factors for Non-Protection, and Validation of a Rapid Immunotest Kit among Hospitalized Children in Nigeria

Seroepidemiological studies of tetanus in Africans have focused mainly on adults especially pregnant women and data on children are scarcely reported. We investigated the seroprevalence of protective immunity level, determined risk factors for non-protection against tetanus, and evaluated the perfor...

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Autores principales: Orimadegun, Adebola Emmanuel, Orimadegun, Bose Etaniamhe, Adepoju, Akinlolu Adedayo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069018
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2013.00142