Poor control vaccines in two randomised trials of malaria vaccine?

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2914-2915

  Aaby, Peter ^a   Ravn, Henrik ^a   Benn, Christine S ^a  

^a BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

DTP; HBV; IPV; Non specific effects of vaccine; Rabies vaccine

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INACTIVATED VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67349259623     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.004     Document Type: Letter

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