Early versus late BCG vaccination in HIV-1-exposed infants in Uganda: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination may have nonspecific effects, i.e., effects on childhood morbidity and mortality that go beyond its effect on the risk of childhood tuberculosis (TB). Though the available scientific literature is mostly from observational studies, and is fraugh...

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Autores principales: Nankabirwa, Victoria, Tumwine, James K., Namugga, Olive, Tylleskär, Thorkild, Ndeezi, Grace, Robberstad, Bjarne, Netea, Mihai G., Sommerfelt, Halvor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5374628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28359325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1881-z

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