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The duration of protection of school-aged BCG vaccination in England: a population-based case–control study

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2017

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Punam Mangtani, Patrick Nguipdop‐Djomo, Ruth H. Keogh, Jonathan A C Sterne, Ibrahim Abubakar, Peter G. Smith, Paul Fine, Emilia Vynnycky, John Watson, David Elliman,
International Journal of Epidemiology

Abstract

School-aged BCG vaccination offered moderate protection against tuberculosis for at least 20 years, which is longer than previously thought. This has implications for assessing the cost-effectiveness of BCG vaccination and when evaluating new TB vaccines.

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