Comparative leprosy vaccine trial in South India

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-388

  Gupte, M D ^a   Vallishayee, R S ^a   Anantharaman, D S ^a   Nagaraju, B ^a   Sreevatsa, ^a   Balasubramanyam, S ^a   De Britto, R L J ^a   Elango, N ^a   Uthayakumaran, N ^a   Mahalingam, V N ^a   Lourdusamy, G ^a   Ramalingam, A ^a   Kannan, S ^a   Arokiasamy, J ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; LEPROSY VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; VACCINES, INACTIVATED;

EID: 6544282166     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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