Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 77-87 , May 2005

Immunisation in the current management of cystic fibrosis patients

Parts of this manuscript have been presented at the 25th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Genoa (Italy) in 2002

  • Anne Malfroot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Academisch Ziekenhuis-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (AZ-VUB), Laarbeeklaan 101, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 2 477 57 65; fax: +32 2 477 57 35.
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  • Georgios Adam

      Affiliations

    • Cystic Fibrosis Department, Aghia Sophia Childrens Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Oana Ciofu

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Gerd Döring

      Affiliations

    • Institute of General and Environmental Hygiene, University of Tübingen, Germany
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  • Christiane Knoop

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Hôpital Universitaire ULB Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Aloïs B. Lang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Berna Biotech, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Pierre Van Damme

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis University of Antwerp (UIA), Antwerp, Belgium
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  • Isi Dab

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Academisch Ziekenhuis-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (AZ-VUB), Laarbeeklaan 101, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
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  • Andrew Bush

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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  • for the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Vaccination Group

Received 3 March 2004 ,Accepted 29 October 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2004.10.003

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