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Trial reportScientific reports2017

Effects of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination at birth on T and B lymphocyte subsets: Results from a clinical randomized trial.

Nina Marie Birk, Thomas Nørrelykke Nissen, Jesper Kjærgaard, Hans Jacob Hartling, Lisbeth Marianne Thøstesen, Poul-Erik Kofoed, Lone Graff Stensballe, Andreas Andersen, Ole Pryds, Mihai G Netea and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Nina Marie BirkDepartment of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Kettegårds Allé 30, 2650, Hvidovre, Denmark. ninabirk@dadlnet.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-6806-0910
Thomas Nørrelykke NissenDepartment of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Kettegårds Allé 30, 2650, Hvidovre, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8565-9629
Jesper KjærgaardThe Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hans Jacob HartlingDepartment of Infectious diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lisbeth Marianne ThøstesenDepartment of Pediatrics, Kolding Hospital, Sygehusvej 24, 6000, Kolding, Denmark.
Poul-Erik KofoedDepartment of Pediatrics, Kolding Hospital, Sygehusvej 24, 6000, Kolding, Denmark.
Lone Graff StensballeThe Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Andreas AndersenResearch Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA), Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, 2300, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ole PrydsDepartment of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Kettegårds Allé 30, 2650, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Mihai G NeteaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 8, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Christine Stabell BennResearch Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA), Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, 2300, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Susanne Dam NielsenDepartment of Infectious diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dorthe Lisbeth JeppesenDepartment of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Kettegårds Allé 30, 2650, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Copenhagen University Hospital · DKHvidovre Hospital · DKKolding Hospital · DKStatens Serum Institut · DKRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

European Research Council 310372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG) has been associated with beneficial non-specific effects (NSEs) on infant health. Within a randomized trial on the effect of neonatal BCG on overall health, we investigated the possible immunological impact of neonatal BCG vaccination on lymphocyte subsets, determined by flow cytometry. In 118 infants blood samples were obtained 4 (±2) days post randomization to BCG vaccination or no intervention, and at 3 and 13 months of age. No effects of BCG were found at 4 days. However, BCG increased proportions of effector memory cells at 3 months (Geometric mean ratio (GMR) 1.62, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.20-2.21), p = 0.002 for CD4

Indexed as

VaccinationBCG VaccineB-Lymphocyte SubsetsDenmarkHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLymphocyte CountT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTuberculosisBCG Vaccine

Identifiers

PMID28963455
PMCPMC5622034
OpenAlexW2757478594

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