Menomune®: A tetravalent vaccine for prevention of meningococcal meningitis types A, C, Y and W-135;Le menomune®: Un vaccin tetravalent pour la prophylaxie des infections a meningocoque des groupes A, C, W135, Y

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-131

  Nicolas, P ^a  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ANTIGENICITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALAISE; PAIN; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FRANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING;

MENINGOCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FRANCE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0036941467     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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