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Introduction of Haemophilus Influenzae type b (Hib) as pentavalent (DPT-HepB-Hib) vaccine in two states of India

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  1. United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Country Office, New Delhi, India

    Satish Kumar Gupta

  2. World Health Organization (WHO), Country Polio Surveillance Project, New Delhi, India

    Stephen Sosler & Chandrakant Lahariya

  3. Health Specialist, UNICEF, 73 Lodi Estate, New Delhi, India

    Satish Kumar Gupta

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Gupta, S.K., Sosler, S. & Lahariya, C. Introduction of Haemophilus Influenzae type b (Hib) as pentavalent (DPT-HepB-Hib) vaccine in two states of India. Indian Pediatr 49, 707–709 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-012-0151-0

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