Vaccination technique, PPD reaction and BCG scarring in a cohort of children born in Guinea-Bissau 2000-2002

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 3991-3998

  Roth, Adam ^a,b   Sodemann, Morten ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^a,b   Poulsen, Anja ^b   Gustafson, Per ^a,c   Gomes, Justino ^a   Djana, Queba ^a   Jakobsen, Marianne ^a   Garly, May Lill ^b   Rodrigues, Amabelia ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BCG scar; PPD; Vaccination technique

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BCG VACCINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULIN TEST; URTICARIA; VACCINATION;

BCG VACCINE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; VACCINATION;

EID: 21144435783     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.10.022     Document Type: Article

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