Immunogenicity of a locally produced hepatitis B vaccine with the birth dose stored outside the cold chain in rural Vietnam

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-260

  Hipgrave, David B ^b   Trung, Nam Tran ^c   Vu, Minh Huong ^d   Do, Tuan Dat ^e   Nguyen, Tuyet Nga ^e   Hoang, Thuy Long ^e   Nguyen, Thu Van ^e   Maynard, James E ^d   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND   (Indonesia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d International Post Office   (Viet Nam)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; FREEZING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY; VACCINATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM;

COLD; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MALE; REFRIGERATION; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM;

EID: 33645801781     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.255     Document Type: Article

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