Pregnant women as a sentinel population to target and implement hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine coverage: A three-year survey in Palermo, Sicily

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 3243-3246

  Bonura, Filippa ^a   Sorgi, Marco ^b   Perna, Anna Maria ^a   Puccio, Giuseppe ^b   Tramuto, Fabio ^a   Cajozzo, Cinzia ^b   Romano, Nino ^a   Vitale, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

HBV infection; HBV vaccination; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNIZATION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 17144410007     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.01.083     Document Type: Article

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