Antibody response to Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide conjugated to tetanus toxoid in preterm infants

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 525-529

  Kristensen, Kim ^a,d   Gyhrs, Anette ^b,c   Lausen, Birgitte ^a   Barington, Torben ^a   Heilmann, Carsten ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Statens Seruminstitut ^*  (Denmark)

^d GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae type b; premature infants; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYSACCHARIDE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TETANUS ANTITOXIN; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 0029934142     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199606000-00010     Document Type: Article

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