The Introduction of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis and Oral Polio Vaccine Among Young Infants in an Urban African Community: A Natural Experiment

BACKGROUND: We examined the introduction of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) and oral polio vaccine (OPV) in an urban community in Guinea-Bissau in the early 1980s. METHODS: The child population had been followed with 3-monthly nutritional weighing sessions since 1978. From June 1981 DTP and OPV w...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:EBioMedicine
Main Authors: Mogensen, Søren Wengel, Andersen, Andreas, Rodrigues, Amabelia, Benn, Christine S, Aaby, Peter
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2017
Subjects:
Research Paper
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5360569/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28188123
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.01.041
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items