At-birth immunisation against hepatitis B using a novel pre-filled immunisation device stored outside the cold chain

Vaccine

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 498-502

  Otto, Bradley F ^a   Suarnawa, I Made ^b   Stewart, Tony ^a   Nelson, Carib ^c   Ruff, Tilman A ^a   Widjaya, Anton ^c   Maynard, James E ^c  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^c PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold chain; Hepatitis B vaccine; Newborn

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INDONESIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; STORAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COLD; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS;

EID: 0032850755     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(99)00242-X     Document Type: Article

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