Atabey N, Gökoğlu M
Cumhuriyet Universitesi, Tip Fakültesi, Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dah, Sivaś.
Mikrobiyol Bul. 1990 Apr;24(2):133-9.
In this study, antitoxin levels against tetanus were examined in the sera of 261 male and 139 female subjects (totally 400 subjects) in the age range from one day to 85 years. Tetanus antitoxin titres were determined by Pitzurra et all. passive hemagglutination technique using turkey red blood cells. In the age group of 6-15 years, antitoxin levels were significantly higher than those of other groups and above 30 years old group this levels significantly below than the other groups (p less than 0.05). All groups of female, except the group under 5 years of age, had lower antitoxin levels than those male and this difference was found significant statistically (p less than 0.05).
在本研究中，检测了年龄从1天至85岁的261名男性和139名女性受试者（共400名受试者）血清中的破伤风抗毒素水平。破伤风抗毒素滴度由皮祖拉等人采用火鸡红细胞被动血凝技术测定。在6 - 15岁年龄组中，抗毒素水平显著高于其他组，而在30岁以上组中，该水平显著低于其他组（p小于0.05）。除5岁以下组外，所有女性组的抗毒素水平均低于男性组，且这一差异具有统计学意义（p小于0.05）。
