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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
Materias:	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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