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BCG Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine; HepB Hepatitis B vaccine; Pentavalent is a diphtheria, tetanus, whole cell pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B, Hepatitis B combination vaccine; PCV 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; OPV oral polio vaccine; PPV 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; NPS nasopharyngeal swab; PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cells
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aBirth doses of BCG and Hepatitis B were given by hospital nurses before enrolment of infants into the study
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bPCV and PPV are study vaccines while the other vaccines were routine EPI vaccines in PNG at the time of the trial
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cMorbidity surveillance was conducted throughout the duration of the trial. Vitamin A was given at 6 and 9Â months of age