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Studies on Diphtheria
Author(s) -
VAHLQUIST BO,
NORDBRlNG FOLKE
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1952.tb17840.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diphtheria , antitoxin , toxoid , pediatrics , titer , vaccination , tetanus , immunology , antibody , toxin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Summary Fifteen prematures were inoculated with single doses of diphtheria toxoid between the 1st and 10th day of life. After four to five weeks only six of fourteen children showed a weak reaction, after twelve weeks twelve of fourteen children had responded, but the median titre was only 0.008 antitoxin units/ml. The effect was weaker than that previously obtained by vaccination of full‐term children.