Five-year longitudinal study of efficacy and safety of purified vero cell rabies vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis of rabies in Indian population

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-28

  Seghal, Saraljit ^a   Bhattacharya, Dipesh ^a   Bhardwaj, Mohan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 0031090015     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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