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Bookmark or Share- BCG vaccine - WikipediaThe BCG vaccine can be anywhere from 0 to 80% effective in preventing tuberculosis for 15 years; however, its protective effect appears to vary according to geography and the lab in which the vaccine strain was grown.
- Bacillus Calmette Guerin - StatPearls - NCBI BookshelfBCG is the only vaccine against tuberculosis. It is the most widely administered vaccine and usually a part of the routine newborn immunization schedule. BCG vaccine also offers protection against non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections like leprosy and Buruli ulcer.
- Tuberculosis: The Disease & Vaccines - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaWho should get the tuberculosis vaccine? The tuberculosis vaccine is recommended only for those children living with someone with TB who either cannot take the antibiotics required to treat the infection or who is infected with a strain that is highly resistant to all antibiotics.
- Is a Vaccine for Preventing TB Given in the United States?BCG, or bacille Calmette-Guérin, is a vaccine for TB disease. Many persons born outside the United States have been BCG-vaccinated. The primary benefit of BCG is its effectiveness in preventing children from contracting severe disseminated TB or TB meningitis.
- New TB Vaccine Research - World Health Organization (WHO)Reaching the WHO End TB Strategy targets of a 95% reduction in TB mortality and a 90% reduction in TB incidence, worldwide, by 2035, will require a new vaccine that is effective across all age groups, particularly adults and adolescents. Vaccines also offer the best chance to contain the accelerating spread of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
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