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  • Title: [The bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine may reduce the general child morbidity].
    Author: Nissen TN, Thøstesen LM, Birk NM, Pihl G, Kjærgaard J, Stensballe LG.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 2014 Apr 28; 176(9):. PubMed ID: 25096560.
    Abstract:
    For almost 100 years the bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine has been the primary prophylaxis of tuberculosis (TB). Recent studies suggest that reintroduction of the vaccine might be beneficial from a general child health perspective. Studies from West-Africa report that BCG vaccination at birth reduces child mortality and morbidity. We recently started "The Calmette Study" in Denmark to conduct a randomised clinical trial and collect firm evidence of the suggested hypothesis, that BCG vaccination at birth has beneficial unspecific effect on child health also in a high-income TB low-incidence country.
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