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  • Title: [Immunity to diphtheria and tetanus in some of the administrative territories of the RSFSR].
    Author: Maksimova NM, Sukhorukova NL, Egor'kov NA, Basova NN, Arzhevikina KV.
    Journal: Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol; 1984 Apr; (4):58-63. PubMed ID: 6234725.
    Abstract:
    The article deals with the state of immunity to diphtheria and tetanus among the adult population in some administrative regions of the RSFSR. Of the children and adults covered by the survey, 91.3-96.7% were found to have protective antibody titers against diphtheria and 98.7-100%, against tetanus. An essential drop in the level of immunity to diphtheria in persons over 18 years of age was revealed: 71.7% of them were nonimmune, which correlated with the high morbidity rate among these persons. At the same time the percentage of adults nonimmune to tetanus was considerably lower than that of adults nonimmune to diphtheria, reaching only 27.1%. The state of immunity to tetanus in adults was found to depend on the seasons.
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