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Maternally derived measles immunity in children of naturally infected and vaccinated mothers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. J. Jenks ,
E. O. Caul  and
A. P. C. H. Roome
P. J. Jenks
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Myrtle Road, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8EL
E. O. Caul
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Myrtle Road, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8EL
A. P. C. H. Roome
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Myrtle Road, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8EL
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Measles antibody titres were established in three groups of infants: children of vaccinated mothers, children of unvaccinated mothers and neonates born after different gestational periods.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 101 , Issue 2 , October 1988 , pp. 473 - 476
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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