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Small Randomized Trial Among Low-Birth-Weight Children Receiving Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccination First Health Center Contact

Biering-Sorensen, Sofie ; Aaby, Peter ; Napirna, Bitiguida Mutna ; Roth, Adam LU ; Ravn, Henrik ; Rodrigues, Amabelia ; Whittle, Hilton and Benn, Christine Stabell (2012) In Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 31(3). p.306-308
Abstract
A total of 105 low-birth-weight children presenting for first vaccination were randomized to receive bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immediately or later (current practice). The mortality rate ratio for BCG was 0.17 (95% CI = 0.02-1.35) within 3 days of enrollment, 0.28 (0.06-1.37) in the first month, and 0.27 (0.07-0.98) after 2 months of age. The mortality rate ratio was 0.41 (0.14-1.18) (P = 0.098) in infancy. Administration of BCG vaccine at first contact may contribute to lower mortality.
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vaccines, nonspecific effects of, neonatal mortality, infant mortality, BCG
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Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
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31
issue
3
pages
306 - 308
publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  • wos:000300706700021
  • pmid:22189537
  • scopus:84857526533
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1532-0987
DOI
10.1097/INF.0b013e3182458289
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English
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  author       = {{Biering-Sorensen, Sofie and Aaby, Peter and Napirna, Bitiguida Mutna and Roth, Adam and Ravn, Henrik and Rodrigues, Amabelia and Whittle, Hilton and Benn, Christine Stabell}},
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  publisher    = {{Lippincott Williams & Wilkins}},
  series       = {{Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal}},
  title        = {{Small Randomized Trial Among Low-Birth-Weight Children Receiving Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccination First Health Center Contact}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3182458289}},
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