A randomized trial of an early measles vaccine at 4½ months of age in Guinea-Bissau: sex-differential immunological effects.

A randomized trial of an early measles vaccine at 4½ months of age in Guinea-Bissau: sex-differential immunological effects.

After measles vaccine (MV), all-cause mortality is reduced more than can be explained by the prevention of measles, especially in females.We aimed to study the biological mechanisms underlying the observed non-specific and sex-differential effects of MV on mortality.Within a large randomised trial o...

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Main Authors: Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen, Mia Søndergaard, Andreas Andersen, Erliyani Sartono, Cesario Martins, May-Lill Garly, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Henrik Ullum, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Peter Aaby, Christine Stabell Benn, Christian Erikstrup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4024025?pdf=render

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