Long-term anti-rabies antibody persistence following intramuscular or low-dose intradermal vaccination of young Vietnamese children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-296

  Vien, Nguyen Cong ^a   Feroldi, Emmanuel ^b   Lang, Jean ^b  

^a Children's Hospital No 2   (Viet Nam)

^b SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Intradermal injections; Intramuscular injections; Prophylaxis; Rabies vaccines; Vero cells

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DTCOQ; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGENICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABIES; REVACCINATION; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERO CELLS; VIETNAM;

EID: 39149137155     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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