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Child survival and BCG vaccination: a community based prospective cohort study in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Data on non-specific effects of BCG vaccination in well described, general population African cohorts is scanty. We report the effects of BCG vaccination on post-neonatal infant and post-infancy mortality in a cohort of children in Mbale, Eastern Uganda. METHODS: A community-based prospe...

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Autores principales: Nankabirwa, Victoria, Tumwine, James K, Mugaba, Proscovia M, Tylleskär, Thorkild, Sommerfelt, Halvor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4342809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1497-8