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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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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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