Human immune responses to vaccines in the first year of life: Biological, socio-economic and ethical issues – A viewpoint

Highlights ► Biological factors that affect the magnitude and quality of immune responses to vaccines. ► Socioeconomic factors that limit vaccine accessibility and evaluation. ► Strategies for circumventing these limitations in developing vaccines and evaluation of their immune responses.

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Published in:	Vaccine Vol. 31; no. 21; pp. 2483 - 2488
Main Authors:	Ota, M.O.C, Idoko, O.T, Ogundare, E.O, Afolabi, M.O
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 17-05-2013 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Allergy and Immunology Biological factors Children Community Developing Countries Ethics Female Human Humans immune response Immune responses Immune system Immunization Programs - economics Immunization Programs - ethics Infancy Infant Infant, Newborn Infections Infectious diseases LDCs Male morbidity Mortality Mothers neonates planning Public Health Socioeconomic Factors Socioeconomics vaccine development Vaccines Vaccines - administration & dosage Vaccines - economics Vaccines - immunology Human Infancy Vaccines Immune responses Socioeconomic factors Biological factors
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Summary:	Highlights ► Biological factors that affect the magnitude and quality of immune responses to vaccines. ► Socioeconomic factors that limit vaccine accessibility and evaluation. ► Strategies for circumventing these limitations in developing vaccines and evaluation of their immune responses.
Bibliography:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.06.018 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 ObjectType-Feature-1
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.06.018