Vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type B: A study concerning the consequences of vaccination on the carriage of the different serotypes of Haemophilus influenzae in Geneva;La vaccination contre Haemophilus influenzae type B: Etude genevoise des consequences d'une campagne de vaccination sur le portage des differents serotypes d'Haemophilus influenzae

Medecine et Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 2196, 1998, Pages 302-304

  Hefti Rutsche C ^a   Hegi Croce, R ^c   Gervaix, A ^a   Liassine, N ^b   Auckenthaler, R ^b   Hazeghi, P ^c   Suter, S ^a  

^a Dept de Pédiatrie   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Service de sante de la jeunesse   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROTYPE; SWITZERLAND; THROAT CULTURE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032507031     PISSN: 00256749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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