Immunization of Persons with HIV Infection and other Secondary Immunodeficiencies

Autor: LRR Castello-Branco, MB Ortigão-de-Sampaio
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 93, Iss 3, Pp 387-390 (1998)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-8060
0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000300021
Popis: Patients with secondary immunodeficiencies are at a high risk of infection. Currently some of these infections are preventable through specific immunization. Prevention of these diseases can diminish morbidity and mortality amongst these patients. In this review we describe the use of vaccines in persons with secondary immunodeficiencies.
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