Progress in Vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b in the Americas

نویسندگان

  • M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday
  • Salvador Garcia
  • Ciro de Quadros
  • Gina Tambini
  • Jon K Andrus
چکیده

[Metadata] Financiamiento: Los autores no recibieron ningún financiamiento específico de este artículo. Conflictos de interés: Los autores han declarado que no existen conflictos de interés. Citación: Danovaro-Holliday MC, Garcia S, de Quadros C, Tambini G, Andrus JK (2008) Progress in vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b in the Americas. PLoS Med 5(4): e87. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050087 Derechos de reproducción: © 2008 Danovaro-Holliday et al. Este es un artículo de acceso abierto distribuido según lo establecido en la Licencia de Atribución de Comunidad Creativa, que permite el uso, distribución y reproducción en cualquier medio sin restricción, a condición de que el autor y fuente original se acrediten. Abreviaciones: DTaP, vacuna contra difteria-tétanos-tos ferina acelular; DTP, vacuna contra difteria-tétanos-tos ferina; DTP3, tercera dosis de vacuna DTP; PAI, Programa Ampliado de Inmunización; GAVI, Alianza Global de vacunas e inmunización; Hib, Haemophilus influenzae tipo b; Hib3, tercera dosis de vacuna contra Hib; LAC, Latinoamérica y el Caribe; OPS, Organización Panamericana de la Salud; FR, Fondo Rotatorio; SIREVA, Sistema Regional de Vacunas; GTA, Grupo Técnico Asesor sobre enfermedades prevenibles por vacunación de la OPS; OMS, Organización Mundial de la Salud.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • PLoS Medicine

دوره 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008