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Is diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) associated with increased female mortality? A meta-analysis testing the hypotheses of sex-differential non-specific effects of DTP vaccine
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| Author | Fisker, Ane B. Ravn, Henrik Aaby, Peter Rodrigues, Amabelia Benn, Christine S. |
| Abstract | Ten years ago, we formulated two hypotheses about whole-cell diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccination: first, when given after BCG, DTP increases mortality in girls and, second, following DTP there is an increase in the female/male mortality rate ratio (MRR). A recent review by WHO found no convincing evidence that DTP increases mortality in females. |
| Starting Page | 570 |
| Ending Page | 581 |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 00359203 |
| DOI | 10.1093/trstmh/trw073 |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Journal | Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Volume Number | 110 |
| e-ISSN | 18783503 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Date | 2016-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Infectious Diseases Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Parasitology |