Progress in the control of hepatitis B infection in the Western Pacific Region

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1975-1982

  Clements, C John ^a   Baoping, Yang ^b   Crouch, Alan ^c   Hipgrave, David ^c   Mansoor, Osman ^d   Nelson, Christopher B ^b   Treleaven, Sophie ^e   Van Konkelenberg, Ronald ^f   Wiersma, Steven ^b  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Public Health Consulting Ltd   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f Fresbout Consulting Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Auto disable syringe; Babies of carrier mothers (BCMs); Birth dose; Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI); Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI); Hepatitis B vaccine (HepB); Hepatitis B virus (HBV)

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 32844464235     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.11.035     Document Type: Review

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