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

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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Main Authors: Peto, Thomas J., Mendy, Maimuma E., Lowe, Yamundow, Webb, Emily, Whittle, Hilton C., Hall, Andrew J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Hepatitis
Infant
Immunisation
Vaccine
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Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/684
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Institution: Mahidol University
Language: English

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