Inverse association between BCG immunisation and intestinal nematode infestation among HIV-1-positive individuals in Uganda

Authors
Elliott, AM Nakiyingi, J Quigley, MA French, N Gilks, CF Whitworth, JAG
Citation
Am. Elliott et al., Inverse association between BCG immunisation and intestinal nematode infestation among HIV-1-positive individuals in Uganda, LANCET, 354(9183), 1999, pp. 1000-1001
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9183
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1000 - 1001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19990918)354:9183<1000:IABBIA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Exposure to infections in infancy may induce a sustained bias in the immune response. In our study, previous BCG immunisation was associated with a re duced prevalence of intestinal nematode infection.