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The effect of BCG on iron metabolism in the early neonatal period: A controlled trial in Gambian neonates

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination has been reported to protect neonates from non-tuberculous pathogens, but no biological mechanism to explain such effects is known. We hypothesised that BCG produces broad-spectrum anti-microbial protection via a hepcidin-mediated hypoferraemia, limiting ir...

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Autores principales: Prentice, Sarah, Jallow, Momodou W., Prentice, Andrew M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4503799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25959747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.04.087

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