Accelerated vaccination schedules provide protection against hepatitis A and B in last-minute travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 260-262

  Nothdurft, Hans D ^a   Zuckerman, Jane ^b   Stoffel, Michel ^c   Dieussaert, Ilse ^c   Van Damme, Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACCELERATED VACCINATION SCHEDULE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG BOOSTER DOSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LAST MINUTE TRAVEL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 4043093387     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.19013     Document Type: Article

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