Elguero Eric auteur aut IRD Simondon Kirsten auteur aut IRD Vaugelade Jacques auteur aut IRD Marra A. auteur aut IRD Simondon François auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access OBJECTIVES Several studies have shown an association between vaccination and child mortality in developing countries. The present paper examines this issue using data from a Senegalese rural area which has been monitored from 1983 to the present. METHODS We analysed two birth cohorts, comprising 7796 and 3573 persons who had received either BCG and DTP (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis) simultaneously or neither of these vaccines, and who had been followed from birth to 2 years of age. The association between vaccinations and mortality was assessed by Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS Mortality ratios for recipients of the BCG/DTP combination were 0.59 (95% CI: 0.46-0.74) for the first cohort and 0.70 (0.50-0.97) for the second cohort. Mortality ratios for measles vaccine recipients were 0.98 (0.75-1.27) for the first cohort and 0.87 (0.57-1.30) for the second cohort. CONCLUSIONS The BCG/DTP combination was associated with a reduction in mortality whereas measles vaccination was not associated with mortality. specialized vaccines diphtheria tetanus pertussis measles mortality Senegal Africa SENEGAL 050 10 10 956-960 2005 1360-2276 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010041469 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01479.x 1360-2276 [F B010041469] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010041469 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2024-12/010041469.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2006-03-29 2024-12-18 fdi:010041469 fre