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Estimating the annual risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis among adolescents in Western Kenya in preparation for TB vaccine trials

BACKGROUND: Adolescents are a prime target group for tuberculosis (TB) vaccine trials that include prevention of infection (POI). The BCG vaccine is given at birth and does not prevent TB infection. TB infection, a critical endpoint for POI vaccine trials would need to be documented to estimate samp...

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Autores principales: Nduba, Videlis, van’t Hoog, Anna H., de Bruijn, Annefleur, Mitchell, Ellen M. H., Laserson, Kayla, Borgdorff, Martien
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/PMC6679456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31375068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4314-7