Lower Hookworm Incidence, Prevalence, and Intensity of Infection in Children with a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Scar
Barreto M, Rodrigues L, Silva R, Assis A, Reis M, Santos C, Blanton R. Lower Hookworm Incidence, Prevalence, and Intensity of Infection in Children with a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Scar. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2000, 182: 1800-1803. PMID: 11069259, DOI: 10.1086/317627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBCG vaccination scarBacillus Calmette-GuérinVaccination scarIntensity of infectionBacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination scarHuman immunodeficiency virus-infected adultsHuman immunological responsesOngoing prospective studyVaccination protectionIncidence ratiosProspective studyAdjusted prevalenceHookworm infectionCalmette-GuérinTrichuris trichiuraImmunological responseCommon vaccinesImmune systemHookworm prevalenceDifferent helminthsLogistic regressionPrevalenceSchistosoma mansoniIncidenceInfection