Report on a WHO consultation on the characterisation of BCG vaccines, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland 8-9 Dec 2004

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 50, 2005, Pages 5700-5704

  Ho, Mei Mei ^a   Corbel, Michael J ^a   Knezevic, Ivana ^b   Roumiantzeff, Micha ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b World Health Organisation   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELF LIFE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWITZERLAND; THERMOSTABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27944487566     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.07.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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