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Epidemiology · 2006 · 96 citations · 30 references
A good response to BCG vaccination is related to lower child mortality. The effect seems most pronounced among girls. The findings may have implications for future vaccine trials and policy.
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BCG and vole bacillus vaccines in the prevention of tuberculosis in adolescence and early adult life.
P. D’Arcy Hart, Ian Sutherland · BMJ · 1977 · 523 citations · Full text
Routine vaccinations and child survival: follow up study in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa Commentary: an unexpected finding that needs confirmation or rejection
Ida Bruun Kristensen, Peter Aaby, Henrik Jensen et al. · BMJ · 2000 · 405 citations · Full text
Newborns Develop a Th1-Type Immune Response to <i>Mycobacterium bovis</i> Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccination
Arnaud Marchant, Tessa Goetghebuer, Martin O. C. Ota et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1999 · 404 citations · Full text
BCG scar and positive tuberculin reaction associated with reduced child mortality in West Africa
May‐Lill Garly, Cesário Lourenço Martins, Carlitos Balé et al. · Vaccine · 2003 · 330 citations
Pediatric Epidemiology, Positive Tuberculin Reaction, Clinical Epidemiology +7
Acute lower respiratory tract infections and respiratory syncytial virus in infants in Guinea-Bissau: a beneficial effect of BCG vaccination for girls
Lone Graff Stensballe, Ernesto Nante, Inge Panum Jensen et al. · Vaccine · 2004 · 252 citations
Vaccinology, Vaccination, Bcg Vaccination +11