BCG Revaccination Does Not Protect Against Leprosy in the Brazilian Amazon: A Cluster Randomised Trial

BACKGROUND: Although BCG has been found to impart protection against leprosy in many populations, the utility of repeat or booster BCG vaccinations is still unclear. When a policy of giving a second BCG dose to school children in Brazil was introduced, a trial was conducted to assess its impact agai...

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Autores principales: Cunha, Sérgio S., Alexander, Neal, Barreto, Mauricio L., Pereira, Emilia S., Dourado, Inês, de Fátima Maroja, Maria, Ichihara, Yury, Brito, Silvana, Pereira, Susan, Rodrigues, Laura C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2238709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18270542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000167

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2238709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18270542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000167

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