Design and initiation of a study to assess the direct and indirect effects of influenza vaccine given to children in rural India

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 5235-5239

  Sullender, Wayne ^a   Fowler, Karen ^a   Krishnan, Anand ^b   Gupta, Vivek ^c   Moulton, Lawrence H ^d   Lafond, Kathryn ^e   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^e   Lal, Renu B ^e   Broor, Shobha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c International Clinical Epidemiology Network   (India)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Developing country; India; Influenza; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INDIA; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VACCINES, INACTIVATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863877739     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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