Hepatitis B vaccine stored outside the cold chain setting: A pilot study in rural Lao PDR

Vaccine

Volumn 34, Issue 28, 2016, Pages 3324-3330

  Kolwaite, Amy R ^a   Xeuatvongsa, Anonh ^b   Ramirez Gonzalez, Alejandro ^c   Wannemuehler, Kathleen ^a   Vongxay, Viengnakhone ^d   Vilayvone, Vansy ^d   Hennessey, Karen ^e,f   Patel, Minal K ^a  

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

^b Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^c WHO Representative Office in the Lao People's Democratic Republic   (Laos)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^e The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B vaccine; Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose; Hepatitis B virus; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Outside the cold chain

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG STORAGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFANT; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTSIDE THE COLD CHAIN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR; RURAL AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; REFRIGERATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REFRIGERATION; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84973402938     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.080     Document Type: Article

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