Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 155-160 , May 2010

Vaccination against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and poliomyelitis in adult travellers

  • Philippe Gautret

      Affiliations

    • Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Nord, AP-HM, Chemin des Bourrelys, 13915 Marseille cedex 20, France and Service de Pathologies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, 4 Boulevard Alphonse Laveran, 13384 Marseille Cedex 13, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 4 91968934.
    • ,
  • Annelies Wilder-Smith

      Affiliations

    • Travellers' Health and Vaccination Centre, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore

Received 13 July 2009 ,Revised 19 February 2010 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.02.007

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 155-160 , May 2010

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