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

• Main Authors: Panchanathan Vijayaretnam (Author), Kumar Senthil (Author), Yeap Wynie (Author), Devi Shamala (Author), Ismail Raman (Author), Sarijan Samiran (Author), Sam Salleh Mohd (Author), Jusoh Zahari (Author), Nordin Salleh (Author), Leboulleux Didier (Author), Pang Tikki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...