A Two-Center Randomized Trial of an Additional Early Dose of Measles Vaccine: Effects on Mortality and Measles Antibody Levels
Author(s) -
Ane Bærent Fisker,
Eric Nébié,
Anja Schoeps,
Cesário Martins,
Amabélia Rodrigues,
Alphonse Zakané,
Moubassira Kagoné,
Stine Byberg,
Sanne Marie Thysen,
Justin Tiendrébeogo,
Boubacar Coulibaly,
Osman Sankoh,
Heiko Becher,
Hilton Whittle,
Fiona van der Klis,
Christine Stabell Benn,
Ali Sié,
Olaf Müller,
Peter Aaby
Publication year - 2017
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/cix1033
Subject(s) - medicine , measles , measles vaccine , vaccination , pediatrics , hazard ratio , diphtheria , mortality rate , confidence interval , measles virus , immunology
In addition to protecting against measles, measles vaccine (MV) may have beneficial nonspecific effects. We tested the effect of an additional early MV on mortality and measles antibody levels.
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