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Post-exposure prophylaxis for measles with immunoglobulins revised recommendations of the standing committee on vaccination in Germany

Authors :
Christine Schwerdtfeger
Annette Mankertz
Horst von Bernuth
Hartmut Hengel
Ulrich Heininger
Martin Terhardt
Sabine Santibanez
Dorothea Matysiak-Klose
Judith Koch
Sabine Wicker
Martina Littmann
Source :
Vaccine. 36:7916-7922
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2018.

Abstract

Passive immunisation with immunoglobulins as post-exposure prophylaxis after contact with measles is recommended by the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) particularly for unprotected individuals at high risk of complications for whom active immunization is contraindicated, such as infants

Details

ISSN :
0264410X
Volume :
36
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Vaccine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....16124397ec23f4851a3c5134dad8436c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.10.070