Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Subject "Vaccination"

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Child survival and BCG vaccination: A community based prospective cohort study in Uganda

Nankabirwa, Victoria; Tumwine, James K.; Mugaba, Proscovia M.; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Sommerfelt, Halvor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02-22)

Background Data on non-specific effects of BCG vaccination in well described, general population African cohorts is scanty. We report the effects of BCG vaccination on post-neonatal infant and post-infancy mortality in a ...
Early versus late BCG vaccination in HIV-1-exposed infants in Uganda: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Nankabirwa, Victoria; Tumwine, James K; Namugga, Olive; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Ndeezi, Grace; Robberstad, Bjarne; Netea, Mihai G.; Sommerfelt, Halvor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03-31)

Background: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination may have nonspecific effects, i.e., effects on childhood morbidity and mortality that go beyond its effect on the risk of childhood tuberculosis (TB). Though the ...