Economic analysis of prevaccination serotesting compared with presumptive immunization for polio, diphtheria, and tetanus in internationally adopted and immigrant infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1650-1655

  Cohen, Adam L ^a,c   Veenstra, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Immigration issues; Immunizations; International adoption

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DIPHTERIA TOXOID ANTIBODY; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIPHTHERIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TETANUS; VACCINATION; ADOPTION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIGRATION; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646838006     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0822     Document Type: Article

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