Japanese encephalitis: New vaccines

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-39

  Wilson, Mary E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; PLACEBO; VIRUS VACCINE;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIET NAM;

EID: 67649401961     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-009-0006-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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