Varicella vaccine: The Japanese experience

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages

  Asano, Yoshizo ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; CHICKENPOX; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; KOREA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0029907791     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.supplement_3.s310     Document Type: Review

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