Effect of BCG revaccination on incidence of tuberculosis in school-aged children in Brazil: The BCG-REVAC cluster-randomised trial

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9493, 2005, Pages 1290-1295

  Rodrigues, Laura C ^b   Pereira, Susan M ^a   Cunha, Sergio S ^a   Genser, Bernd ^a,c   Ichihara, Maria Yury ^d   De Brito, Silvana C ^a   Hijjar, Miguel A ^d   Dourado, Ines ^f   Cruz, Alvaro A ^a   Sant'Anna, Clemax ^e   Bierrenbach, Ana Luiza ^b   Barreto, Mauricio L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

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

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BRAZIL; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVACCINATION; SCAR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 26244458713     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67145-0     Document Type: Article

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