Vaccination and risk groups: How can we really protect the weakest?

Human Vaccines

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 217-219

  Bonanni, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Herd immunity; Routine immunization; Subjects at risk; Targeted strategies; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROGRAM; HERD IMMUNITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 35349027211     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.3.5.4351     Document Type: Review

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