Non-specific effects of BCG?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 515-

  Fine, Paul E M ^a   Smith, Peter G ^a   Evans, Stephen J W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; CHILD DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

BCG VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84863396432     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir760     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Aaby P, Roth A, Ravn H, et al. Randomized trial of BCG vaccination at birth to low-birthweight children: beneficial nonspecific effects in the neonatal period? J Infect Dis 2011;204:245-52.
2. Shann F. The nonspecific effects of vaccines and the Expanded Program on Immunization. J Infect Dis 2011;204:182-4.