Excellent Booster Response 4 to 8 Years after a Single Primary Dose of an Inactivated Hepatitis A Vaccine

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-121

  Iwarson, Sten ^a   Lindh, Magnus ^a   Widerström, Lena ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VACCINATION;

EID: 1942540741     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.17079     Document Type: Article

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