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Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
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Tuberculosis vaccine (live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis) named after the French scientists who developed it, Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin.
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TB vaccine named after the French scientists who developed it, Calmette and Guérin. BCG provides adolescents and adults with little protection against TB, but it is often given to infants and small children in countries where TB is common, as it can prevent some of the most severe forms of TB in children
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Live vaccine against TB derived from an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis
Attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis is used in multiple countries worldwide as a TB vaccine, named after the French scientists Calmette and Guérin. BCG has limited efficacy in preventing disease and is rarely used in the United States. The vaccine is effective in preventing disseminated and meningeal TB disease in infants and young children and is appropriately used in multiple countries in which TB disease is endemic
Vaccine for tuberculosis named after the French scientists Calmette and Guérin. The vaccine is effective in preventing disseminated and meningeal TB disease in infants and young children. It might have approximately 50% efficacy for preventing smeardiagnosed pulmonary TB in adults. It is used in multiple countries where TB disease is endemic
Vaccine against tuberculosis that reduces risk of disease by 50–80% when given before infection
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