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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2001-01-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862001000900005 |
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