Effect of intensive treatment for schistosomiasis on immune responses to vaccines among rural Ugandan island adolescents: randomised controlled trial protocol A for the ‘POPulation differences in VACcine responses’ (POPVAC) programme

Effect of intensive treatment for schistosomiasis on immune responses to vaccines among rural Ugandan island adolescents: randomised controlled trial protocol A for the ‘POPulation differences in VACcine responses’ (POPVAC) programme

Introduction Several licensed and investigational vaccines have lower efficacy, and induce impaired immune responses, in low-income versus high-income countries and in rural, versus urban, settings. Understanding these population differences is essential to optimising vaccine effectiveness in the tr...

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Main Authors: Gyaviira Nkurunungi, Ludoviko Zirimenya, Agnes Natukunda, Jacent Nassuuna, Gloria Oduru, Caroline Ninsiima, Christopher Zziwa, Florence Akello, Robert Kizindo, Mirriam Akello, Anne Wajja, Henry Luzze, Stephen Cose, Alison M Elliott, Rebecca Amongin, Beatrice Nassanga, Irene Nambuya, Prossy Kabuubi, Emmanuel Niwagaba, Grace Kabami, Helen Akurut, Alex Mutebe, Milly Namutebi, Caroline Onen, Esther Nakazibwe, Josephine Tumusiime, Susan Amongi, Moses Sewankambo, Denis Nsubuga, Samuel Kiwanuka, Fred Kiwudhu, David Abiriga, Moses Kizza, Samsi Nansukusa, Hermelijn Smits, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Govert van Dam, Paul Corstjens, Sarah Staedke, James Kaweesa, Edridah Tukahebwa, Elly Tumushabe, Prossy N Kabuubi, Joel Serubanja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/2/e040426.full

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