The potential impact of BCG vaccine supply shortages on global paediatric tuberculosis mortality

BACKGROUND: The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is provided to over 100 million neonates annually to protect against childhood tuberculosis (TB). Recent BCG manufacturing interruptions highlight global supply risks. We estimated the potential impact of BCG shortfalls on global paediatric (<...

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Autores principales: Harris, Rebecca C., Dodd, Peter J., White, Richard G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27633883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0685-4

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