Editorial commentary - A success story: Universal vaccination in Italy - What has to be done to eradicate residual acute hepatitis B?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 876-877

  Gervais, Anne ^a   Longuet, Pascale ^a   Leport, Catherine ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 40749111062     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528691     Document Type: Note

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