Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Scarring caused by bacillus Calmette-Guérin, or BCG, vaccine in both mothers and infants was associated with a ...

Infants who received BCG [bacille Calmette-Guérin] vaccination at birth had protection against tuberculosis into early childhood, but that protection largely disappeared in only a few years, according ...

Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine has a protective effect against tuberculosis (TB) in adults decades after vaccination, according to a cross-sectional study. The observation, posted online ...

BCG vaccine is one of the oldest vaccines given to babies. It stands for Bacillus Calmette Gurrain, the strain of bovine tuberculosis used in the vaccine first made by French scientists Calmette & ...

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is one of the world’s oldest and most widely used vaccines. It was developed in the early 20th century to provide protection from tuberculosis. Surprisingly, this ...

BCG vaccination can protect children from tuberculosis (TB) infection as well as active TB disease, according to a study published online today (Thursday October 13, 2005) by THE LANCET. There are ...