Infections are one of the greatest toll in early life requiring strong approaches to protect the very young. Here, we review neonatal immunization - the knowledge, its present state, and future scenario.

Keywords: Neonatal Immunization; Infections; HIV

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Citation

Citation: Pradeep Kumar Gupta. “Neonatal Immunization: Challenges and Future Scenario”. Acta Scientific Paediatrics 3.3 (2020): 24-27.

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Copyright: © 2020 Pradeep Kumar Gupta. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.