The duration of protection of school-aged BCG vaccination in England: a population-based case–control study
Author(s) -
Punam Mangtani,
Patrick NguipdopDjomo,
Ruth H. Keogh,
Jonathan A C Sterne,
Ibrahim Abubakar,
Peter G. Smith,
Paul Fine,
Emilia Vynnycky,
John Watson,
David Elliman,
Marc Lipman,
Laura C. Rodrigues
Publication year - 2017
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/dyx141
Subject(s) - vaccination , duration (music) , medicine , environmental health , population , epidemiology , demography , pediatrics , immunology , sociology , art , literature
Evidence of protection from childhood Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) against tuberculosis (TB) in adulthood, when most transmission occurs, is important for TB control and resource allocation.
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