Parental refusal to diphtheria vaccine: a fatal outcome.

Autor:	Syafinaz Amin N; Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. syafinaz@upm.edu.my., Faridah I; Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia., Rukman AH; Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia., Fathinul Fakri AS; Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia., Malina O; Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia., Fadzillah G; DEMC Specialist Hospital, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia., Ilina I; Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Medical journal of Malaysia [Med J Malaysia] 2013 Oct; Vol. 68 (5), pp. 435-6.
Abstrakt:	We present a case of a four-year-old boy who succumbed to diphtheria following incomplete course of immunisation, which included diphtheria vaccine. This case report focuses on the issues of parental refusal to vaccines and the development of "halal" vaccines for the prevention of infectious diseases.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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