Measles Vaccination in the Presence or Absence of Maternal Measles Antibody: Impact on
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A growing body of evidence from epidemiologic, clinical, and immunologic studies indicates
that vaccines can influence morbidity and mortality independent of vaccine-specific B-cell or …

Background The BCG vaccine is administered to protect against tuberculosis, but studies
suggest there may also be non-specific beneficial effects upon the infant immune system …

BACKGROUND: Studies from Africa have suggested marked non-specific effects (NSEs) of
routine vaccinations with effects on child survival. There have been few studies from Asia …

Background: The 2-fold increase in female mortality after high-titer measles vaccine may
have occurred because many children received diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine …

Background Early 2-dose measles vaccine (MV) at 4 and 9 months of age vs. the WHO
strategy of MV at 9 months of age reduced all-cause child mortality in a previous trial. We …

Background: Recent studies have suggested that bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
immunization may have a nonspecific beneficial effect on infant survival and that the effect …

Many serious infectious diseases occur early in life; efficacious vaccination of neonates has
been a longstanding goal in both human and veterinary medicine. Efforts to immunize in the …

When the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine was introduced in the 1920s, it was
suggested that BCG occasionally had nonspecific beneficial effects on mortality beyond the …

Objective To investigate the effect of vitamin A supplementation and BCG vaccination at birth
in low birthweight neonates. Design Randomised, placebo controlled, two by two factorial …