The article reports on the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination program in India in 1954 and 1955. The main conclusions of a World Health Organization (WHO) BCG assessment team are cited, including the prevalence of low grade tuberculin sensitivity. Information is also presented on tuberculin...
BCG vaccination is a type of live-attenuated mycobacterial strain from a descendent of the original-attenuated Bacillus of Calmette–Guerin. From: Board Review in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2017 About this pageAdd to MendeleySet alert ...
In India, BCG is administered immediately after birth as a single dose on a deltoid region of the forearm. Re-vaccinationof BCGis not recommended due to lack of supporting evidence onbooster dose[8]. However, various other countries have adopted different vaccination polices against TB in contras...
Trial of BCG vaccines in south India for tuberculosis prevention The protective effect of BCG vaccination in man has been evaluated in a number of controlled trials. In these trials, the protection observed varied from n... MTP Trial - 《Indian Journal of Medical Research》 被引量: 521发表:...
Following contradictory reports on the effectiveness of BCG vaccination, a large-scale controlled trial was carried out in south India, under the sponsorship of WHO. The early results of this trial showed that BCG vaccination provided no protection whatsoever against bacillary disease in adults. To ...
Infant Vaccination: Targeting newborns and infants to prevent TB. Bladder Cancer Treatment: Particularly in adult patients in which the vaccine is administered directly. By End-Use The market can further be categorized based...
The strain was first used for immunization of humans in 1921. The M bovis BCG (live attenuated strain of M bovis by Calmette and Guren) was initially used in its oral form. Subsequently, it became generally accepted that the most accurate method of BCG vaccination is intradermal application, ...
vaccination, especially in high-burden countries, has maintained strong demand for BCG vaccines. The segment's growth is further supported by extensive government initiatives and vaccination drives across developing nations, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region where tuberculosis prevalence remains high....
BCG Vaccination in the Island of Timor. The province of Koopang in South Western Timor was the scene of this project. The population is about 98, 000" mostly belonging to the Atonis race, which i... VM Offers - 《Tubercle》 被引量: 1发表: 1951年 BCG vaccination in India and tubercul...
The World Health Organization (WHO) plan is to hold 2 meetings with tuberculosis experts for the purpose of examining the implications of a large scale trial in the south of India that has shown no protection against lung tuberculosis from BCG vaccination. Launched in 1971 the trial covered some...