Development of BCG Scar and Subsequent Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Guinea-Bissau | Zendy

Line Storgaard | Zendy; Amabélia Rodrigues | Zendy; Cesário Martins | Zendy; Bibi Uhre Nielsen | Zendy; Henrik Ravn | Zendy; Christine Stabell Benn | Zendy; Peter Aaby | Zendy; Ane Bærent Fisker | Zendy

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Development of BCG Scar and Subsequent Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Guinea-Bissau

Author(s) -

Line Storgaard,

Amabélia Rodrigues,

Cesário Martins,

Bibi Uhre Nielsen,

Henrik Ravn,

Christine Stabell Benn,

Peter Aaby,

Ane Bærent Fisker

Publication year - 2015

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/civ452

Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , bcg vaccine , new guinea , pediatrics , surgery , immunology , ethnology , history

Previous studies have found that BCG vaccination has nonspecific beneficial effects on child survival, especially among children who developed a BCG scar. These studies have mostly been done in settings with a high scar frequency. In rural Guinea-Bissau, many children do not develop a scar; we tested the hypothesis that among BCG-vaccinated children, a vaccination scar was associated with lower mortality and fewer hospital admissions.

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