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  1. Chen ST, Puthucheary SD
    Trop Geogr Med, 1976 Sep;28(3):211-5.
    PMID: 1006789
    In Malysia, the proportion of children fully immunized againest diphtheria is generally low (20%). On the other hand, the Schick conversion rate rises with age and reaches 90% by 11 years of age. It is noted that asymptomatic carriers are an important epidemiological factor in diphtheria and that carrier rates for school children are high (prevalence of 7.5% while the rate of coloization with C. diphtheriae over a period of one year was 30%). Although immunization protects against clinical diphtheria, it does not prevent the carrier state. Thus, for the control of diphtheria, one should aim for 100% compliance. Some suggestions as to how higher levels of immunity may be achieved are described.
    Matched MeSH terms: Diphtheria/immunology
  2. Med J Malaya, 1959 Mar;13(3):248-60.
    PMID: 13666194
    Matched MeSH terms: Diphtheria/immunology*
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