Hepatitis B vaccination in infancy in The Gambia: Protection against carriage at 9 years of age

Vaccine

Volumn 17, Issue 23-24, 1999, Pages 2946-2950

  Viviani, S ^a   Jack, A ^a   Hall, A J ^c   Maine, N ^a   Mendy, M ^a   Montesano, R ^b   Whittle, H C ^d  

^a Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study   (Gambia)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

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

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

HBV vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFICACY; GAMBIA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE;

EID: 0033529482     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(99)00178-4     Document Type: Article

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