Effect of BCG vaccination on risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children with household tuberculosis contact: a prospective community-based study
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet
- Vol. 366 (9495) , 1443-1451
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(05)67534-4
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