Immunogenicity of a recombinant, yeast-derived, anti-hepatitis-B vaccine after alternative dosage and schedule vaccination in Pakistani children
β Scribed by Dure Samin Akram; Sajid Maqbool; Dure Shawar Khan; Rafat Jafri; Sajid Randhawa; Carmen Valenzuela-Silva; Pedro Lopez-Saura
- Book ID
- 116958188
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 102 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0264-410X
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