Randomised feasibility trial of pre-exposure rabies vaccination with DTP-IPV in infants

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9066, 1997, Pages 1663-1665

  Lang, Jean ^a   Hoa, Duong Q ^b   Gioi, Nguyen V ^b   Tho, Le Tan ^b   Vien, Nguyen C ^b   Kesmedjian, Véronique ^a   Plotkin, Stanley A ^a  

^a Medical Department   (France)

^b Ctr Pediatrie Developpment et Sante   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; INSOMNIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 0030911403     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)10085-4     Document Type: Article

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