Estimation of the duration of vaccine-induced residual protection against severe and fatal smallpox based on secondary vaccination failure

Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 241-246

  Nishiura, H ^a,b,c   Eichner, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; SMALLPOX; VACCINATION; VACCINE FAILURE; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

AUSTRALIA; BIOTERRORISM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; JAPAN; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33749865208     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-006-6603-5     Document Type: Article

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