Published on in Vol 13 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/55332, first published .
Nonspecific Effects of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine in Portuguese Children Under 5 Years of Age: Protocol for a Population-Based Historical Birth Cohort Study

Nonspecific Effects of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine in Portuguese Children Under 5 Years of Age: Protocol for a Population-Based Historical Birth Cohort Study

Nonspecific Effects of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine in Portuguese Children Under 5 Years of Age: Protocol for a Population-Based Historical Birth Cohort Study

Ines Fronteira   1, 2 , MSc, PhD, Hab ;   Matilde Pacheco   1, 3 , MSc ;   Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer   4 , PhD ;   Paulo Ferrinho   2 , MSc, PhD, Hab

1 NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Center, Comprehensive Health Research Center, NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal

2 Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, LA-REAL, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal

3 Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

4 Bandim Health Project, OPEN, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital, Odensen, Denmark

Corresponding Author:

  • Ines Fronteira, MSc, PhD, Hab
  • NOVA National School of Public Health
  • Public Health Research Center, Comprehensive Health Research Center
  • NOVA University
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  • Lisbon, 1600-560
  • Portugal
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  • Email: ines.fronteira@ensp.unl.pt