Evidence of an effect of BCG revaccination on incidence of tuberculosis in school-aged children in Brazil: Second report of the BCG-REVAC cluster-randomised trial

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 4875-4877

  Barreto, Mauricio L ^a   Pereira, Susan M ^a   Pilger, Daniel ^b   Cruz, Alvaro A ^a   Cunha, Sergio S ^c   Sant'Anna, Clemax ^d   Ichihara, Maria Y ^a   Genser, Bernd ^a,e   Rodrigues, Laura C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BCG; Revaccination; School age; Tuberculosis; Vaccine efficacy

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVACCINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; INCIDENCE; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79959756683     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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