Changes in BCG vaccination policy should consider the effect on child health

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1341-1342

  Thysen, Sanne M ^a,b   Aaby, Peter ^a,b,c   Benn, Christine S ^b,c   Fisker, Ane B ^a,b  

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

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; CHILD HEALTH; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE;

BCG VACCINE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84943369735     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv198     Document Type: Letter

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