Safety and immunogenicity of hepatitis A vaccine in infants: A candidate for inclusion in the childhood vaccination programme

Vaccine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 585-588

  Piazza, Marcello ^a   Safary, Assad ^b   Vegnente, Angela ^a   Soncini, Renato ^b   Pensati, Pasqualina ^a   Sardo, Massimo ^a   Orlando, Raffaele ^a   Tosone, Grazia ^a   Picciotto, Ludovico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Childhood vaccination programme; Hepatitis A vaccine; Infants

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; VACCINATION; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

EID: 0033547974     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(98)00237-0     Document Type: Article

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