Four and one-half-year follow-up of the effectiveness of diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular pertussis/Haemophilus influenzae type b and diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliovirus/H. influenzae type b combination vaccines in Germany

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 944-950

  Kalies, Helen ^a,g   Verstraeten, Thomas ^b   Grote, Veit ^c   Meyer, Nicole ^a   Siedler, Anette ^d   Schmitt, Heinz Josef ^e   Breuer, Thomas ^b   Moulton, Lawrence H ^f   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^a  

^a Institute for Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine   (Germany)

^b GSK   (Belgium)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diphtheria tetanus toxoids acellular pertussis inactivated poliovirus Haemophilus influenzae type b combination vaccine; Diphtheria tetanus toxoids acellular pertussis Haemophilus influenzae type b combination vaccine; Haemophilus influenzae type b

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; VACCINATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 16544369427     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000141743.74443.73     Document Type: Article

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