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Social determinants and BCG efficacy: a call for a socio-biological approach to TB prevention

A high burden of TB mortality persists despite the long-term availability of the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, whose efficacy has been highly variable across populations. Innovative and alternative approaches to TB prevention are urgently needed while optimal biomedical tools continue to b...

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Autores principales: Dowd, Jennifer B., Fletcher, Helen A, Boccia, Delia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904590
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.14085.1