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Efficacy and effectiveness of infant vaccination against chronic hepatitis B in the Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study (1986–90) and in the nationwide immunisation program

BACKGROUND: Gambian infants were not routinely vaccinated against hepatitis B virus (HBV) before 1986. During 1986–90 the Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study (GHIS) allocated 125,000 infants, by area, to vaccination or not and thereafter all infants were offered the vaccine through the nationwide im...

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Autores principales: Peto, Thomas J, Mendy, Maimuma E, Lowe, Yamundow, Webb, Emily L, Whittle, Hilton C, Hall, Andrew J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24397793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-7