Factors affecting immunogenicity of BCG in infants, a study in Malawi, The Gambia and the UK.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on April 05, 2014

Authors

Yun-Gyoung Hur1, Patricia Gorak-Stolinska, Maeve K Lalor, Hazzie Mvula, Sian Floyd, John Raynes, Anne Ben-Smith, Joseph R Fitchett, Katie L Flanagan, Sarah Burl, Martin O Ota, Amelia C Crampin, Steven G Smith, Hazel M Dockrell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London WC1E 7HT, UK. hur1225@gmail.com.

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