Safety and efficacy of neonatal vaccination

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-46

  Demirjian, Alicia ^a,b   Levy, Ofer ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Immunization; Neonate; Newborn; TLR

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID CRM197; DNA VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HERPES SIMPLEX VACCINE; HERPES VACCINE; IMIDAZOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; MALARIA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PURIFIED POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; RESIQUIMOD; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VACCINIA VACCINE; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VACCINE; BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; BIRD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON INTUSSUSCEPTION; DRUG COST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INFLUENZA; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE PUSTULE; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INJECTION SITE SCAR; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRRITABILITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALARIA; MEASLES; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYALGIA; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; OSTEITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROTAVIRUS; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 60549086829     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838620     Document Type: Short Survey

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