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Role of routine and mass vaccination campaigns in immunization status of adolescents

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Abbreviations

BCG:

Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine

OPV:

oral poliomyelitis vaccine

DTP:

diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine

MMR:

measles, mumps, rubella vaccine

dT:

reduced diphtheria component and tetanus vaccine

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  1. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    M. Isabel S. Dinelli & Maria Isabel de Moraes-Pinto

  2. Adolescent Outpatient Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Mauro Fisberg

  3. Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Pedro de Toledo, 781, 9° andar, 04039-032, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Maria Isabel de Moraes-Pinto

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Dinelli, M.I.S., Fisberg, M. & de Moraes-Pinto, M.I. Role of routine and mass vaccination campaigns in immunization status of adolescents. Eur J Pediatr 166, 635 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0289-7

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