"All available studies suggest that the effect of DTP on child survival is opposite of the effects of BCG and MV. In the two natural experiments, DTP-vaccinated children had significantly higher mortality than DTP-unvaccinated children. Among DTP-vaccinated children, girls have higher mortality than boys in all studies, whereas the tendency is the opposite for BCG and measles vaccinated children. DTP administered after MV in randomised trials of MV is associated with increased female but not male mortality. Reducing time of exposure to DTP as the most recent vaccination with BCG or MV reduce child mortality."
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