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Should Low Birth Weight Infants Be Vaccinated With BCG Vaccine at Birth in Developing Countries?

April 26, 2017BCG birth countries developing infants low vaccinated vaccine weight

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Should Low Birth Weight Infants Be Vaccinated With BCG Vaccine at Birth in Developing Countries?

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The World Health Organization (WHO) currently recommends BCG vaccination at birth in developing countries. Pre-term infants should be vaccinated when they reach the chronological age of 40 weeks. Due to difficulties in establishing the correct gestational age, the vaccination policy for BCG in many developing countries is defined by birth weight rather than by gestational maturity. In the study…