To assess the effect of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in rural Africa, blood
samples were collected in two Kenyan sublocations. Serum antibodies against tetanus …

We report a diphtheria outbreak which occurred in the 1st 6 months of 1989 in the Quthing
district of Lesotho in Southern Africa. Sixty-eight clinical cases were identified in patients …

Objective: To determine immunity to tetanus in male blood donors with previous
diphtheriapertussis-tetanus (DPT)/tetanus toxoid (TT) vaccination. Design: A cross sectional …

Objective: To determine immunity to tetanus and diphtheria in the Australian population.
Design and setting: Analysis, using double antigen enzyme immunoassays, of a …

Public health measures carried out to control an outbreak of diphtheria in Khartoum
Province of the Sudan in the year 1978 are reviewed. This involved the search for cases and …

The immunity profile of the English and Welsh population to diphtheria and tetanus has
been determined by measuring diphtheria and tetanus antitoxin levels for 3088 and 3142 …

In an attempt to evaluate the levels of immunity against diphtheria in the Egyptian
population, 709 healthy subjects aged 2 months–105 years and from six regions of Egypt …

Abstract Between 29 August 1981 and 16 January 1982, an epidemic of diphtheria
produced 149 cases in Hodeida, Yemen Arab Republic. The overall attack rate was 11.8 per …

Tetanus in a rural Ethiopian hospital - Jose Manuel Ramos, Francisco Reyes, Abraham
Tesfamariam, 2008 Skip to main content Intended for healthcare professionals Sage Journals …

Serum was obtained from 50 Gambian adults, the majority of whom were aged 20 to 40
years, and from 76 Gambian children of whom 66 were aged 3 years and 10 were aged 7 …