Incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in the Gambia 14 years after introduction of routine Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine immunization

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Oluwalana, Claire ^a   Howie, Stephen R C ^a   Secka, Ousman ^a   Ideh, Readon C ^a   Ebruke, Bernard ^a   Sambou, Sana ^b   Erskine, James ^c   Lowe, Yamundow ^b   Corrah, Tumani ^a   Adegbola, Richard A ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Gambia)

^c Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ International (WEC) Hospital   (Gambia)

^d GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84879197428     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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