[The efficacy of immunizing children who are forced migrants against diphtheria and tetanus based on the results of serological studies].
The results of the serological study of 2,352 children aged 1-6 years who had arrived to the territory of the region without any documents on past immunization revealed that most of these children had sufficiently pronounced specific immunity to diphtheria (66.4%) and tetanus (83.6%) Thus the tactics of the prophylactic immunization of children having no relevant documents must be worked out with due regard to the results of serological studies.
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State University, Orenburg, Russia.
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003017:Clostridium tetani / Q000276:immunology; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000276:immunology; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007223:Infant; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013742:Tetanus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine