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Impact of BCG vaccination on incidence of tuberculosis disease in southern Ireland

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is the ninth leading cause of death worldwide and the leading cause from a single infectious agent. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is the only licensed vaccine for TB, yet its efficacy remains debated with variations in vaccine sub-strains, policies, and practices obser...

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Autores principales: Sweeney, Eileen, Dahly, Darren, Seddiq, Nahed, Corcoran, Gerard, Horgan, Mary, Sadlier, Corinna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6506945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31072396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4026-z