Journal article
Safety and immunogenicity of early Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination in infants who are preterm and/or have low birth weights. A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Importance: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is commonly delayed in infants who are preterm and have low birth weights (LBW) despite the association of early vaccination with better vaccination coverage and potentially nonspecific benefits for survival.
Objective: To determine the safety, immunogenicity, and protective efficacy against tuberculosis (TB) of BCG vaccination given at or before 7 days after birth vs vaccination more than 7 days after birth among infants who...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4038
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+ Medical Research Council/Department for International Development/Wellcome Trust
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- Publisher:
- American Medical Association Publisher's website
- Journal:
- JAMA Pediatrics Journal website
- Volume:
- 173
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 75-85
- Publication date:
- 2018-11-26
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-19
- DOI:
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2168-6211
- ISSN:
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2168-6203
- Source identifiers:
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934876
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pubs:934876
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- pubs:934876
- Deposit date:
- 2018-10-26
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- Copyright holder:
- Badurdeen S et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2018 Badurdeen S et al. JAMA Pediatrics.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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