@article{fdi:010087026,
  title = {{N}on-specific effects of vaccination on child survival : prospective cohort study in {B}urkina {F}aso},
  author = {{V}augelade, {J}acques and {P}inchinat, {S}. and {G}uiella, {G}. and {E}lguero, {E}ric and {S}imondon, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}bjective {T}o study the effect of vaccination on mortality before 2 years of age in a developing country. {D}esign {P}rospective cohort study. {S}etting {R}ural communities in {B}urkina {F}aso. {P}articipants 9085 children born in the study area between 1985 and 1993. {M}ain outcome measure {C}hild death rate. {R}esults {M}ortality before 2 years of age was lower in the group of children who had been vaccinated: those vaccinated with {BCG} only had significantly lower mortality (0.37, 95% confidence interval 0.29 to 0.48) as did those vaccinated with diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis only (0.24, 0.13 to 0.43). {T}he second dose of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis was not associated with lower mortality (0.80, 0.58 to 1.12). {C}onclusion {V}accination with diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis as well as {BCG} is associated with better survival of children up to 2 years of age.},
  keywords = {{BURKINA} {FASO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}ritish {M}edical {J}ournal},
  volume = {329},
  numero = {7478},
  pages = {1309--1311},
  ISSN = {0959-535{X}},
  year = {2004},
  DOI = {10.1136/bmj.38261.496366.82},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087026},
}