Open AccessProtection by BCG Vaccine Against Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Author(s) -
Punam Mangtani,
Ibrahim Abubakar,
Cono Ariti,
Rebecca Bey,
Laura Pimpin,
Paul Fine,
Laura C. Rodrigues,
Peter G. Smith,
Marc Lipman,
Penny Whiting,
Jonathan A C Sterne
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit790
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , relative risk , tuberculin , miliary tuberculosis , confidence interval , bcg vaccine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , meta analysis , immunology , randomized controlled trial , pathology
Randomized trials assessing BCG vaccine protection against tuberculosis have widely varying results, for reasons that are not well understood.
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