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Co-administration of BCG and Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) Vaccinations May Reduce Infant Mortality More Than the WHO-schedule of BCG First and Then DTP. A Re-analysis of Demographic Surveillance Data From Rural Bangladesh

BACKGROUND: WHO recommends BCG at birth and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine at 6, 10 and 14 weeks of age. However, BCG and DTP are often co-administered in low-income countries. The health implications have not been examined. SETTING: We reanalysed data from Matlab, Bangladesh,...

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Autores principales: Aaby, Peter, Andersen, Andreas, Ravn, Henrik, Zaman, K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28784413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.07.012