Open AccessChanges in age specific immunity to diphtheria in Poland in the past 40 years
Author(s) -
Anna Zakrzewska,
A Gałazka,
D Rymkiewicz
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.02.08.00129-en
Subject(s) - diphtheria , immunity , medicine , pediatrics , immunology , vaccination , immune system
In recent years people in Poland have acquired diphtheria from eastern neighbours. It was considered important therefore to study the age specific immunity against diphtheria and to compare it with the results of seroepidemiological studies conducted in t