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Non-specific Effects of Vaccines and Stunting: Timing May Be Essential

BACKGROUND: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination possesses effects on health beyond its target disease, the so called “non-specific effects”. We evaluate these effects, as well as the effect of timing of BCG and other vaccinations, on stunting in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) children under five....

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Autores principales: Berendsen, Mike L.T., Smits, Jeroen, Netea, Mihai G., van der Ven, André
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4919612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27428443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.05.010