Effectiveness of Routine BCG Vaccination on Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Case-Control Study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Togo

BACKGROUND: The only available vaccine that could be potentially beneficial against mycobacterial diseases contains live attenuated bovine tuberculosis bacillus (Mycobacterium bovis) also called Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Even though the BCG vaccine is still widely used, results on its effectiv...

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Autores principales: Phillips, Richard Odame, Phanzu, Delphin Mavinga, Beissner, Marcus, Badziklou, Kossi, Luzolo, Elysée Kalundieko, Sarfo, Fred Stephen, Halatoko, Wemboo Afiwa, Amoako, Yaw, Frimpong, Michael, Kabiru, Abass Mohammed, Piten, Ebekalisai, Maman, Issaka, Bidjada, Bawimodom, Koba, Adjaho, Awoussi, Koffi Somenou, Kobara, Basile, Nitschke, Jörg, Wiedemann, Franz Xaver, Kere, Abiba Banla, Adjei, Ohene, Löscher, Thomas, Fleischer, Bernhard, Bretzel, Gisela, Herbinger, Karl-Heinz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4287572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25569674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003457

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