Stability of influenza sub-unit vaccine: Does a couple of days outside the refrigerator matter?

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 525-531

  Coenen, F ^a   Tolboom, J T B M ^a   Frijlink, H W ^b  

^a Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccine; Stability; Thiomersal

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PRESERVATIVE; SUBUNIT VACCINE; THIOMERSAL;

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHELF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VIRUS STRAIN;

DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFRIGERATION; TEMPERATURE; THIMEROSAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29244437487     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.07.081     Document Type: Article

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