Evaluation of invalid vaccine doses in 31 countries of the WHO African Region

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 892-901

  Akmatov, Manas K ^a,b   Kimani Murage, Elizabeth ^c   Pessler, Frank ^b   Guzman, Carlos A ^a   Krause, Gérard ^a,d   Kreienbrock, Lothar ^e   Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^a,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Administration and dosage; Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine; Measles containing vaccine; Multilevel analysis; Timely vaccination; WHO African Region

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE;

AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; DIPHTHERIA; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION; VACCINES; WHOOPING COUGH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921684963     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.10.089     Document Type: Article

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