Effect of a single tetanus-diphtheria vaccine dose on the immunity of elderly people in São Paulo, Brazil
Epidemiological data regarding tetanus and diphtheria immunity in elderly people in Brazil are scarce. During the First National Immunization Campaign for the Elderly in Brazil in April 1999, 98 individuals (median age: 84 years) received one tetanus-dyphtheria (Td) vaccine dose (Butantan Institute,...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2006-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000400012 |