The Efficacy of a<i>Salmonella typhi</i>Vi Conjugate Vaccine in Two-to-Five-Year-Old Children

Lin, Feng; Anh Hó, Vô; Ba Khiem, Ha; Duc Trach, Dang; Van Be Bay, Phan; Cong Thanh, Tran; Kossaczká, Zuzana; A. Bryla, Dolores; Shiloach, Joseph; B. Robbins, John; Schneerson, Rachel; C. Szu, Shousun; Ngoc Lanh, Mai; Hunt, Steven; Trinh, Loc; B. Kaufman, Jeanne

doi:10.1056/nejm200104263441701

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The Efficacy of aSalmonella typhiVi Conjugate Vaccine in Two-to-Five-Year-Old Children

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 26, 2001

Authors:

Feng Lin

Vô Anh Hó

Ha Ba Khiem

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Typhoid fever is common in developing countries. The licensed typhoid vaccines confer only about 70 percent immunity, do not protect young children, and are not used for routine vaccination. A newly devised conjugate of the capsular polysaccharide of Salmonella typhi, Vi, bound to nontox...

Subject

Typhoid fever

Medicine

Salmonella typhi

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