Utilization of tetanus and diphtheria serology tests in Alberta, Canada: Patterns and implications

Jamil N. Kanji; Behzad Heibati; Nathan Zelyas; Hong Yuan Zhou; Gregory J. Tyrrell; Adil Adatia

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0336690

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Utilization of tetanus and diphtheria serology tests in Alberta, Canada: Patterns and implications

Jamil N. Kanji,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Behzad Heibati,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Nathan Zelyas,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Hong Yuan Zhou,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Gregory J. Tyrrell,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Adil Adatia

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: adatia@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7612-6529

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Utilization of tetanus and diphtheria serology tests in Alberta, Canada: Patterns and implications

Jamil N. Kanji,
Behzad Heibati,
Nathan Zelyas,
Hong Yuan Zhou,
Gregory J. Tyrrell,
Adil Adatia

Published: November 21, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336690

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