Uptake of oral rotavirus vaccine and timeliness of routine immunization in Brazil's National Immunization Program

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1523-1528

  Flannery, Brendan ^a   Samad, Samia ^b   de Moraes, José Cássio ^c   Tate, Jacqueline E ^a   Danovaro Holliday, M Carolina ^d   de Oliveira, Lúcia Helena ^d   Rainey, Jeanette J ^a  

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

^b MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^c HPV Institute   (Brazil)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization coverage; Immunization timing; Rotavirus; Rotavirus vaccine

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MORBIDITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84874420607     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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