Studies of maternal immunisation with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in Papua New Guinea

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3446-3450

  Lehmann, Deborah ^a,b   Pomat, William S ^a,c   Riley, Ian D ^d   Alpers, Michael P ^a,e  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Maternal immunisation; Papua New Guinea; Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY TITER; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0038384090     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00348-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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