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Is diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) associated with increased female mortality? A meta-analysis testing the hypotheses of sex-differential non-specific effects of DTP vaccine

BACKGROUND: Ten years ago, we formulated two hypotheses about whole-cell diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccination: first, when given after BCG, DTP increases mortality in girls and, second, following DTP there is an increase in the female/male mortality rate ratio (MRR). A recent review by WHO...

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Autores principales: Aaby, Peter, Ravn, Henrik, Fisker, Ane B., Rodrigues, Amabelia, Benn, Christine S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27856947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trw073

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