BCG vaccination: a role for vitamin D?
BCG vaccination is administered in infancy in most countries with the aim of providing protection against tuberculosis. There is increasing interest in the role of vitamin D in immunity to tuberculosis. This study objective was to determine if there was an association between circulating 25(OH)D con...
Main Authors: | Maeve K Lalor, Sian Floyd, Patricia Gorak-Stolinska, Rosemary E Weir, Rose Blitz, Keith Branson, Paul E Fine, Hazel M Dockrell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3031626?pdf=render |
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