International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 469-475 , July 2009

The safety and immunogenicity of influenza vaccine in children with asthma in Mexico

  • Alvaro Pedroza

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaria de Salud México, Mexico
    • ,
  • José G. Huerta

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaria de Salud México, Mexico
    • ,
  • Maria de la Luz Garcia

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaria de Salud México, Mexico
    • ,
  • Arsheli Rojas

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaria de Salud México, Mexico
    • ,
  • Irma López-Martínez

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiológica, Secretaria de Salud, Mexico
    • ,
  • Martín Penagos

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaria de Salud México, Mexico
    • ,
  • Carlos Franco-Paredes

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gomez, Mexico
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, 550 Peachtree St., MOT 7th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 404 686 5885; fax: +1 404 686 4508.
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  • Christele Deroche

      Affiliations

    • Sanofi Pasteur, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Cesar Mascareñas

      Affiliations

    • Sanofi Pasteur, Mexico City, Mexico

Received 9 April 2008 ,Accepted 9 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.015

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 469-475 , July 2009

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