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SUBMITTER: Martins CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4017359 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martins Cesario L CL Benn Christine S CS Andersen Andreas A Balé Carlito C Schaltz-Buchholzer Frederik F Do Vu An VA Rodrigues Amabelia A Aaby Peter P Ravn Henrik H Whittle Hilton H Garly May-Lill ML
The Journal of infectious diseases 20140116 11
Observational studies and trials from low-income countries indicate that measles vaccine has beneficial nonspecific effects, protecting against non-measles-related mortality. It is not known whether measles vaccine protects against hospital admissions. Between 2003 and 2007, 6417 children who had received the third dose of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine were randomly assigned to receive measles vaccine at 4.5 months or no measles vaccine; all children were offered measles vaccine at ...[more]