The effect of vitamin A supplementation administered with missing vaccines during national immunization days in Guinea-Bissau | Zendy

Christine Stabell Benn | Zendy; Cesário Martins | Zendy; Amabélia Rodrigues | Zendy; Henrik Ravn | Zendy; Ane Bærent Fisker | Zendy; Dorthe Christoffersen | Zendy; Peter Aaby | Zendy

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The effect of vitamin A supplementation administered with missing vaccines during national immunization days in Guinea-Bissau

Author(s) -

Christine Stabell Benn,

Cesário Martins,

Amabélia Rodrigues,

Henrik Ravn,

Ane Bærent Fisker,

Dorthe Christoffersen,

Peter Aaby

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn195

Subject(s) - medicine , tetanus , vaccination , measles vaccine , diphtheria , immunization , measles , polio vaccine , pediatrics , vitamin , pertussis vaccine , immunology , antibody

WHO recommends high-dose Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) at vaccination contacts after 6 months of age. It has not been studied whether the effect of VAS on mortality depends on the type of vaccine. We have hypothesized that VAS administered with measles vaccine (MV) is more beneficial than VAS with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine. We assessed the effect of VAS administered with different vaccines during national immunization days (NIDs).

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