Diphtheria Epidemiology
Diphtheria immunity level satisfactory in children and adults in Israel
Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 15th, 2006
"A seroepidemiological study was performed to evaluate immunity to diphtheria and to determine the correlates of diphtheria toxoid antibody levels among children and adults in Israel.
"In total, 3185 sera from an age-stratified sample of children and adults, obtained in 2000-2001, were tested for diphtheria toxoid antibodies by an in-house double-antigen ELISA," investigators in Israel report.
According to the authors, "A level of {{<=}}0.01 IU/mL (no immune protection or seronegativity) was found in 168 (5.3%) of the 3185 subjects, 639...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-11-15)
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