Maternal vaccination against pertussis - Authors' reply

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 214-215

  Mooi, Frits R ^a   de Greeff, Sabine C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; MATERNAL TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NOTE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 40749118527     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70051-3     Document Type: Letter

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