Randomized Trial of BCG Vaccination at Birth to Low-Birth-Weight Children: Beneficial Nonspecific Effects in the Neonatal Period?
Work
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Observational studies have suggested that BCG may have nonspecific beneficial effects on survival. Low-birth-weight (LBW) children are not given BCG at birth in Guinea-Bissau; we conducted a randomize... more
Institutions Bandim Health Project, Lund University, Statens Serum Institut, Herlev Hospital, MRC Unit the Gambia
Cites: 44
Cited by: 542
Related to: 10
FWCI: 9.308
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 99.99
Subfield: Immunology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Sustainable Development Goal Good health and well-being
Open Access status: bronze