Primary and booster vaccination with DTPw-HB/Hib pentavalent vaccine in Costa Rican children who had received a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine

Objective. The DTPw-HB/Hib pentavalent combination vaccine has been developed following recommendations of the World Health Organization for the introduction of hepatitis B (HB) and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines into routine childhood vaccination programs. The objectives of this study...

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Main Authors: Idis Faingezicht, Maria Luisa Avila-Aguerro, Yolanda Cervantes, Marc Fourneau, Sue Ann Costa Clemens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2002-10-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892002001000005&lng=en&tlng=en