Disseminated BCG disease and the full contraindication to BCG vaccination for children exposed to and/or infected by HIV

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1188-1189

  Fernandes, Regina Célia De Souza Campos ^a,b   Medina Acosta, Enrique ^c  

^a Municipal Programme for the Surveillance of STD and AIDS   (Brazil)

^b Faculty of Medicine of Campos   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LETTER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70349211933     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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