Follow-up of Gambian children recruited to a pilot safety and immunogenicity study of the malaria vaccine SPf66

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 579-581

  Bojang, Kalifa A ^a   Obaro, Stephen K ^a   Leach, Amanda ^a   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a,b   Bennett, Stephen ^c   Metzger, Wolfram ^c   Ripley Ballou, W ^d   Targett, Geoffrey A T ^c   Greenwood, Brian M ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambian children; Malaria; SPf66; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031465892     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-171.x     Document Type: Article

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