Does BCG revaccination protect against the development of asthma?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 317-319

  De Andrade, Cláudia Ribeiro ^a   Da Cunha, Sérgio Souza ^b   Alvim, Cristina Gonçalves ^a   Fontes, Maria Jussara Fernandes ^a   Bedran, Renata ^a   Binato, Henrique A ^a   Camargos, Paulo ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; BCG vaccination; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BCG VACCINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVACCINATION; SKIN SCAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BCG VACCINE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 84872100382     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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