Non-specific effects of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and measles vaccinations? An analysis of surveillance data from Navrongo, Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1492-1505

  Welaga, Paul ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^b   Adjuik, Martin ^a   Debpuur, Cornelius ^a   Ross, David A ^c   Ravn, Henrik ^b   Benn, Christine S ^b   Aaby, Peter ^d  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

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

^d Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

Diphtheria tetanus pertussis; Measles; Mortality; Non specific effects; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEASLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; POLICY MAKING; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; SURVIVAL; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DIFTERIA-TÉTANO-PERTUSIS; DIPHTÉRIE-TÉTANOS-COQUELUCHE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS; EFECTOS NO ESPECÍFICOS; EFFETS NON SPÉCIFIQUES; MEASLES; MORTALIDAD; MORTALITÉ; MORTALITY; NON-SPECIFIC EFFECTS; ROUGEOLE; SARAMPIÓN; VACCINES; VACCINS; VACUNAS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES VACCINE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

GHANA; NAVRONGO; UPPER EAST REGION;

EID: 84869862907     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03093.x     Document Type: Article

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