Infant protection against influenza through maternal immunization a call for more immunogenic vaccines

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 832-833

  Munoz, Flor M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; EDITORIAL; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEASONAL INFLUENZA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; IMMUNIZATION; VACCINATION;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 84998865468     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1322     Document Type: Editorial

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