Revaccination with Live Attenuated Vaccines Confer Additional Beneficial Nonspecific Effects on Overall Survival: A Review

•Live vaccines may have beneficial nonspecific effect protecting against more than the target disease.•Revaccination with vaccines against measles, tuberculosis, polio and smallpox should have limited effect on survival.•Nonetheless, revaccination with these vaccines indicate major reductions in all...

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Main Authors: Benn, Christine S., Fisker, Ane B., Whittle, Hilton C., Aaby, Peter
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006692/