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Revaccination with Live Attenuated Vaccines Confer Additional Beneficial Nonspecific Effects on Overall Survival: A Review

BACKGROUND: Live vaccines against measles (MV), tuberculosis (BCG), polio (OPV) and smallpox reduce mortality more than explained by target-disease prevention. The beneficial nonspecific effects (NSEs) of MV are strongest when MV is given in presence of maternal antibodies. We therefore hypothesised...

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Autores principales: Benn, Christine S., Fisker, Ane B., Whittle, Hilton C., Aaby, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27498365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.07.016