Penta is associated with an increased female-male mortality ratio: cohort study from Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi (Author), Sofie Biering-Sørensen (Author), Aksel Karl Georg Jensen (Author), Peter Aaby (Author), Abbas Bhuiya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine may be associated with excess female deaths. There are few studies of possible nonspecific effects of the DTP-containing vaccine Penta (DTP-hepatitis B-Haemophilus influenzae type b). We therefore investigated whether Penta vaccinations were associated with...