Advanced search
Publication Cover
Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy Volume 9, 2011 - Issue 8
Submit an article Journal homepage
40
Views
10
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Editorial

The BCG world atlas: a new, open-access resource for clinicians and researchers

Alice Zwerling Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada and Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada
&
Madhukar Pai Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada and Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Canada. [email protected]
Pages 559-561 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

References

  • WHO Global Tuberculosis Control. WHO Report 2010. WHO, Geneva, Switzerland (2010).
  • Calmette A. Preventive vaccination against tuberculosis with BCG. Proc. R. Soc. Med.24(11), 1481–1490 (1931).
  • Colditz GA, Brewer TF, Berkey CS et al. Efficacy of BCG vaccine in the prevention of tuberculosis. meta-analysis of the published literature. JAMA271(9), 698–702 (1994).
  • Zwerling A, Behr MA, Verma A, Brewer TF, Menzies D, Pai M. The BCG world atlas: a database of global BCG vaccination policies and practices. PLoS Med.8(3), e1001012 (2011).
  • Behr MA. BCG – different strains, different vaccines? Lancet Infect. Dis.2(2), 86–92 (2002).
  • Pai M, Minion J, Sohn H, Zwerling A, Perkins MD. Novel and improved technologies for tuberculosis diagnosis: progress and challenges. Clin. Chest Med.30(4), 701–716, viii (2009).
  • Farhat M, Greenaway C, Pai M, Menzies D. False-positive tuberculin skin tests: what is the absolute effect of BCG and non-tuberculous mycobacteria? Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis.10(11), 1192–1204 (2006).
  • Pai M, Zwerling A, Menzies D. Systematic review: T-cell-based assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: an update. Ann. Intern. Med.149(3), 177–184 (2008).
  • Abu-Raddad LJ, Sabatelli L, Achterberg JT et al. Epidemiological benefits of more-effective tuberculosis vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA106(33), 13980–13985 (2009).
  • Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New TB Vaccines. Tuberculosis Vaccine Candidates – 2009 (2009).

Website

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.