Dramatic decline in acute hepatitis B infection and disease incidence rates among adolescents and young people after 12 years of a mass hepatitis B vaccination programme of pre-adolescents in the schools of Catalonia (Spain)

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 17-18, 2005, Pages 2181-2184

  Salleras, L ^a   Dominguez, A ^a,b   Bruguera, M ^a   Cardenosa N ^b   Batalla, J ^b   Carmona, G ^b   Navas, E ^b   Taberner, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Hepatitis B; Immunization programme; Incidence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SPAIN;

EID: 14844288026     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.01.068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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