Acute lower respiratory tract infections and respiratory syncytial virus in infants in Guinea-Bissau: A beneficial effect of BCG vaccination for girls: Community based case-control study

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1251-1257

  Stensballe, Lone Graff ^a,b   Nante, Ernesto ^a   Jensen, Inge Panum ^c   Kofoed, Poul Erik ^a   Poulsen, Anja ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^a,b   Newport, Melanie ^d   Marchant, Arnaud ^e,f   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI); Bacille Calmette Gu rin vaccine (BCG); Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCAR; VACCINATION;

BCG VACCINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS VACCINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK;

EID: 12344307260     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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