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
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NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Center, Comprehensive Health Research Center, NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal
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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
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Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Bandim Health Project, OPEN, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital, Odensen, Denmark
Corresponding Author:
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Ines Fronteira, MSc, PhD, Hab
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NOVA National School of Public Health
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Public Health Research Center, Comprehensive Health Research Center
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NOVA University
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Avenida Padre Cruz
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Lisbon, 1600-560
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Portugal
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Phone:
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Email: ines.fronteira@ensp.unl.pt