Hepatitis E vaccine - Ready for prime time?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 949-951

  Krawczynski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E VACCINE; HEPATITIS VACCINE; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33847417586     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068311     Document Type: Editorial

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