Should healthy children be vaccinated against influenza? Comments about this query [2]

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 629-631

  Corbeel, Lucien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PLACEBO; SIALIDASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ASIAN INFLUENZA; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIDEMIC; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; JAPAN; LETTER; MEMORY CELL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 34247365562     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0285-y     Document Type: Letter

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