Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB). It is named after its inventors Albert Calmette and Camille...
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Today, the only effective tuberculosis vaccine in common use is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, first used on humans in 1921. It consists...
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attenuated vaccines, BCG vaccine and measles vaccine, through multiple randomized controlled trials. Theoretically, non-specific effects of vaccines may be...
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Mantoux test (section BCG vaccine and the Mantoux test)
nontuberculous mycobacteria or previous administration of BCG vaccine. Vaccination with BCG may result in a false-positive result for many years after...
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BCG may refer to: Blue compact galaxy Brightest cluster galaxy BCG vaccine (Bacillus Calmette–Guérin), for tuberculosis Ballistocardiography, measuring...
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together with Albert Calmette, developed the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis. Camille Guérin was born in Poitiers...
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Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenom for snake...
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evidence that the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis has non-specific effects on the immune system, but there is no evidence that this vaccine is effective against...
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attenuated tuberculosis vaccine called the BCG vaccine. This technique was later used by several teams when developing the vaccine for yellow fever, first...
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Lübeck disaster (redirect from Lübeck vaccine disaster)
infants in Lübeck, northern Germany, were given three doses of the oral BCG vaccine against tuberculosis, which was accidentally contaminated with the bacteria...
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