BCG vaccination scar associated with better childhood survival in Guinea-Bissau

Roth, Adam; Gustafson, Per; Nhaga, Alexandro; Djana, Queba; Poulsen, Anja; Garly, May‐Lill; Jensen, Henrik; Sodemann, Morten; Rodriques, Amabelia; Aaby, Peter

doi:10.1093/ije/dyh392

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BCG vaccination scar associated with better childhood survival in Guinea-Bissau

Published in International Journal of Epidemiology • Jan 19, 2005

Authors:

Adam Roth

Per Gustafson

Alexandro Nhaga

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have suggested that Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination may have a non-specific beneficial effect on infant survival and that a BCG scar may be associated with lower child mortality. No study has previously examined the influence of BCG vaccination on cause of death....

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Medicine

Vaccination

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