Tuberculosis in Newborns: The Lessons of the "Lübeck Disaster" (1929-1933).
In an accident later known as the Lübeck disaster, 251 neonates were orally given three doses of the new Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) antituberculosis (TB) vaccine contaminated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A total of 173 infants developed clinical or radiological signs of TB but survived the in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4721647?pdf=render |