Response to live attenuated measles vaccine in children with severe kwashiorkor
Powell GM;;
annals of tropical paediatrics1982Vol. 2pp. -
259
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Abstract
An impaired response to vaccination with live attenuated measles vaccine was found in severely malnourished children, when compared with well nourished controls. It is suggested that humoral immune response may fail in children with severe protein energy malnutrition due to diversion of available am …