A reduction in chronic hepatitis b virus infection prevalence among children in vietnam demonstrates the importance of vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-222

  Nguyen, Tran Hien ^a   Vu, Minh Huong ^b   Nguyen, Van Cuong ^a   Nguyen, Lien Huong ^a   Toda, Kohei ^c   Nguyen, Tuyet Nga ^b   Dao, Sang ^b   Wannemuehler, Kathleen A ^d   Hennessey, Karen A ^c  

^a National Insitutute of Hygience and Epidemiology   (Viet Nam)

^b Prog Appropriate Technol in Hlth   (Viet Nam)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Birth dose vaccination; Hepatitis B virus; Immunization; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIET NAM;

BIRTH DOSE VACCINATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; SEROPREVALENCE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; MALE; PREVALENCE; VIETNAM;

EID: 84890564735     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.11.004     Document Type: Review

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