Speth, Fabian
Hinze, Claas H.
Andel, Susanne
Mertens, Thomas
Haas, Johannes-Peter
Funding for this research was provided by:
Newcastle University (MR/K02325X/1)
Article History
Received: 8 November 2017
Accepted: 20 February 2018
First Online: 2 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the Institutional Board of Ethics in Medical Research of the Bavarian Chamber of Physicians. Written informed consent was obtained from all parents and the patients.
: Individual patients and their parents consented to publication of their data.
: Dr. Mertens currently became the director of the German Standing Committee on Vaccinations (“Ständige Impfkommission”; STIKO). The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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