BMJ  2004;329 (4 December), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7478.0

DTP immunisation is linked with survival

Infants in Burkina Faso who had a dose of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) or tuberculosis immunisation were more likely to survive to age 2 years than unimmunised infants. A study by Vaugelade and colleagues (p 1309) among 9085 children contradicts a study in Guinea-Bissau which found that infants given BCG and measles vaccines were more likely to survive, but recipients of one dose of DTP vaccine had a higher mortality than those who received none of these vaccines.

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