Testing the hypothesis that diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine has negative non-specific and sex-differential effects on child survival in high-mortality countries.

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Published in BMJ Open on May 22, 2012

Authors

Peter Aaby1, Christine Benn, Jens Nielsen, Ida Maria Lisse, Amabelia Rodrigues, Henrik Ravn

Author Affiliations

1: Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Statens Serum Institut, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.

Associated clinical trials:

Heterologous Effect of Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccination on Influenza Challenge in the Elderly | NCT02765126

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