Immunogenicity of routine vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenzae type b in Asian infants born in the United Kingdom

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 589-591

  Booy, Robert ^a,b   Haworth, E A ^c   Ali, K A ^b   Chapel, H M ^d   Moxon, E R ^e  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; POLYRIBOSYLRIBITOL PHOSPHATE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; PAKISTAN; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 20344390261     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.064469     Document Type: Article

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