Recent randomised trials have shown that live vaccines such as measles and BCG enhance general resistance, preventing other infections as well as the target infection. However, current vaccination strategies assume a proportionate response. Peter Aaby, Hilton Whittle, and Christine Stabell Benn argue that we need to rethink our approach
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