Early BCG vaccination and reduction in atopy in Guinea-Bissau

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 644-650

  Aaby, P ^a,c,h   Shaheen, S O ^d   Heyes, C B ^f   Goudiaby, A ^b   Hall, A J ^e   Shiell, A W ^f   Jensen, H ^a,c   Marchant, A ^g  

^a Apartado 861 ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^h STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Atopy; BCG vaccination in infancy; Children

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0034124314     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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