BCG protects toddlers during a tuberculosis outbreak

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 392-393

  Gaensbauer, J T ^a   Vandaleur, M ^a   O'Neil, M ^a   Altaf, A ^a   Chroinin, M Ni ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TODDLER; TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIC; IRELAND; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BCG VACCINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IRELAND; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 65649087113     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.145755     Document Type: Article

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