A cluster of severe reactions following improperly administered Takeda Japanese encephalitis vaccine

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-10

  Beecham III, H James ^a   Pock, Arnyce R ^b   May, Laurel A ^a   Tsai, Theodore F ^c  

^a Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^b Bolling AFB ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; RELIABILITY; URTICARIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030942663     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1997.tb00766.x     Document Type: Article

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