An effective serogroup B meningococcal vaccine

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 49-50, 2006, Pages 7025-7026

  Domínguez, Francisco ^a   Menéndez, Jorge ^a   Ochoa, Rolando ^a  

^a FINLAY INSTITUTE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Meningococcal disease; Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroup B; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

IRON; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VA MENGOC BC;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CUBA; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INCIDENCE; IRON METABOLISM; LETTER; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 33846395382     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.06.057     Document Type: Letter

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