The present situation of prophylactic vaccination in Japan for travel abroad

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 342-348

  Nakano, Takashi ^a  

^a MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; School entry; Travel medicine; Vaccination in Japan

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGITIS VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; TYPHOID VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EUROPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RUBELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TETANUS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; YELLOW FEVER;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; STUDENTS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 54849424727     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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