Hepatitis B vaccine in the national immunization schedule: A preventive step in India

Human Vaccines

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1387-1388

  Verma, Ramesh ^a   Khanna, Pardeep ^a   Prinja, Shankar ^a   Rajput, Meena ^a   Chawla, Suraj ^b   Bairwa, Mohan ^b  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

GAVI; HBV; Hepatitis B infection; Liver cancer; WHO

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS VACCINE;

CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84855161267     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.7.12.17878     Document Type: Note

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