Immunogenicity of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine among infants of mothers with active schistosomiasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-199

  Bassily, Samir ^b   Kotkat, Amira ^b   Hyams, Kenneth C ^a   Youssef, Fouad G ^b   El Masry, Nabil A ^b   Arthur, Ray ^b   Imam, Imam Z ^b   Brown, Forrest M ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROCONVERSION;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0030752996     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.197     Document Type: Article

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