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Countries’ interest in a hepatitis B vaccine licensed for the controlled temperature chain; survey results from African and Western Pacific regions

Chronic hepatitis B infection can be prevented by hepatitis B vaccine birth dose (hepB-BD) given within 24 h after birth, followed by two hepatitis B vaccinations within the first year of life. Yet nearly half of World Health Organization (WHO) Member States do not provide a hepB-BD. Barriers are pr...

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Autores principales: Petit, Dörte, Tevi-Benissan, Carole, Woodring, Joseph, Hennessey, Karen, Kahn, Anna-Lea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29132994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.025