Comparison of safety and immunogenicity of a Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine with a whole-cell killed vaccine in Malaysian Air Force recruits

Comparison of safety and immunogenicity of a Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine with a whole-cell killed vaccine in Malaysian Air Force recruits

OBJECTIVE: To carry out a comparative study of the safety and immunogenicity of Vi polysaccharide vaccine against whole-cell killed (WCK) typhoid vaccine. METHODS: The study was carried out on young adult recruits (aged 18-25 years) of the Malaysian Air Force. A total of 125 subjects received the Vi...

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Main Authors: Panchanathan Vijayaretnam, Kumar Senthil, Yeap Wynie, Devi Shamala, Ismail Raman, Sarijan Samiran, Sam Salleh Mohd, Jusoh Zahari, Nordin Salleh, Leboulleux Didier, Pang Tikki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2001-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Typhoid-paratyphoid vaccines/immunology
Typhoid-paratyphoid vaccines/adverse effects
Polysaccharides, Bacterial/immunology
Polysaccharides, Bacterial/adverse effects
Vaccines, Inactivated/immunology
Vaccines, Inactivated/adverse effects
Military personnel
Randomized controlled trials
Comparative study
Malaysia
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