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Erratum to ‘Maternal BCG primes for enhanced health benefits in the newborn’ [Journal of Infection Volume 84, Issue 3 (2022) 321-328]

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By Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, Uni. Southern Denmark, Christian Bjerregård Øland, Mike LT Berendsen
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The early-life mortality remains high in developing countries and nearly half of under-5 deaths occur in the neonatal period.1 Neonatal sepsis caused by a range of different bacterial agents, against which specific vaccines are not available, is a leading cause of death.2 A strategy to reduce early-life infection severity is the at-birth provision of live vaccines such as Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) and Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG).3 In a series of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted...
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Does maternal BCG prime for enhanced beneficial effects of neonatal BCG in the offspring?

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By Byron Brook, Stine Byberg, Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, Uni. Southern Denmark
| Journal of Infection Verified
Highlights • In RCTs, neonatal BCG provided protection against non-TB infections • Neonatal BCG vaccination especially reduced the risk of fatal neonatal sepsis • Recent studies have associated maternal BCG scars with improved offspring outcomes • In a cohort of 10598 newborns, maternal BCG scar halved the risk of fatal sepsis • The protection inferred by maternal BCG was particularly strong for male newborns ABSTRACT Objectives Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination lowers the risk of...
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