Effects of low birth weight on time to BCG vaccination in an urban poor settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: an observational cohort study

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination against tuberculosis be given at birth. However, in many developing countries, pre-term and low birth weight infants get vaccinated only after they gain the desired weight. In Kenya, the ministry of healt...

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Autores principales: Mutua, Martin Kavao, Ochako, Rhoune, Ettarh, Remare, Ravn, Henrik, Echoka, Elizabeth, Mwaniki, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4405915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25903935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0360-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4405915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25903935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0360-5

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