BCG protects against tuberculosis irrespective of HIV status: A matched case-control study in Mwanza, Tanzania

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-289

  Faurholt Jepsen, Daniel ^a   Range, Nyagosya ^b   PrayGod, George ^b   Jeremiah, Kidola ^b   Faurholt Jepsen, Maria ^a   Aabye, Martine G ^c   Grewal, Harleen M S ^d   Changalucha, John ^b   Witte, Daniel R ^e   Andersen, Aase B ^f   Friis, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FISHERMAN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SCAR; SMOKING; TANZANIA;

EID: 84873745556     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201971     Document Type: Letter

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