Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of an Enterovirus 71 Vaccine in China

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Authors

Fengcai Zhu · Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Wenbo Xu · National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention

Jielai Xia · Air Force Medical University

Zhenglun Liang · National Institutes for Food and Drug Control

Yan Liu

Xuefeng Zhang · Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Xiaojuan Tan · National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

The EV71 vaccine provided protection against EV71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease or herpangina in infants and young children. (Funded by Sinovac Biotech; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01507857.).

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Immunology Research Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Whipple's Disease and Interleukins

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 370, Issue 9, pp. 818-828

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1304923

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