BCG and Adverse Events in the Context of Leprosy

BCG and Adverse Events in the Context of Leprosy

BackgroundNotwithstanding its beneficial immunoprophylactic outcomes regarding leprosy and childhood TB, BCG vaccination may cause adverse events, particularly of the skin. However, this local hyper-immune reactivity cannot be predicted before vaccination, nor is its association with protection agai...

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Main Authors: Renate Richardus, Anouk van Hooij, Susan J. F. van den Eeden, Louis Wilson, Korshed Alam, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Annemieke Geluk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
adverse events
BCG (re)vaccination
biomarker profiles
household contacts
protective immunity
leprosy
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00629/full

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