Immunity to diphtheria and tetanus in inner-city women of childbearing age.

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B A Koblin; T R Townsend (Profiled Author: Timothy Townsend)

Division of Public Health, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003.
American journal of public health 1989;79(9):1297-8.

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Abstract

This study was conducted to determine immunity to diphtheria and tetanus in 232 inner-city women experiencing a recent birth. Forty-three (18.5 percent) of the women had levels of diphtheria antitoxin below the protective level (less than 0.01 unit/ml), whereas only 10 (4.3 percent) had insufficient levels of tetanus antitoxin. The percent of women susceptible increased with age, with 33 percent and 25 percent of women over the age of 30 years susceptible to diphtheria and tetanus, respectively.

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