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BCG vaccine has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children.

It's less effective in preventing respiratory disease, which is the more common form of TB in adults.

29 October 2019. The BCG vaccine protects against tuberculosis, which is also known as TB.TB is a serious infection that affects the lungs and sometimes other parts of the body, such as the bones, joints and kidneys. Antibiotics may also interfere with immune development. In July 2020, 218 vaccine candidates were in development, although no candidate has completed clinical trials to prove its safety and efficacy.

TB is a serious infection that affects the lungs and sometimes other parts of the body, such as the bones, joints and kidneys. But the UK - along with most of western Europe - …

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Many European countries made the BCG vaccine mandatory in the early 1950s, with pupils aged between ten and 14 given a shot every year.

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Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.For a variable number of years after BCG vaccination, many people show a local skin reaction to the purified protein derived

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Because the bacteria in the vaccine is weak, it triggers the immune system to protect against the disease.This gives good immunity to people who receive it without actually causing the disease.The vaccine is 70 to 80% effective against the most severe forms of TB, such as TB meningitis in children. BCG vaccination is recommended for children who are at increased risk of being infected with TB according to the following criteria: (1) family origin from a country with increased or high TB ?

A child receiving a tuberculosis vaccine at school in Bulacan province, Philippines,

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The BCG vaccine (which stands for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine) is not given as part of the routine It's given on the NHS only when a child or adult is thought to have an increased risk of coming into contact with TB.BCG vaccination is recommended for babies up to 1 year old who:BCG vaccination may also be recommended for older children who have an increased risk of developing TB, such as:BCG vaccination is rarely given to anyone over the age of 16 because it does not work very well in adults. In July, 24 vaccine candidates were announced or undergoing clinical trials, with two beginning Phase III and seven in Phase I-II.

The BCG vaccine protects against tuberculosis, which is also known as TB.

Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Children who are given broad-spectrum antibiotics (effective against multiple microorganisms) before two years of age are three times… It can also cause meningitis.

An effective safe vaccine protects the individual from disease, whereas chemotherapy merely copes with the infection once the individual…

This may not necessarily be the local GP surgery, as not all surgeries can provide this service.If you're offered BCG vaccination as an adult, it'll be arranged by a local healthcare centre.The BCG vaccine is made from a weakened strain of TB bacteria.

9 October 2018.

But it's given to adults aged 16 to 35 who are at risk of TB through their work, such as some healthcare workers.BCG vaccination is given as an injection into the upper arm. If, as is universally accepted, prevention is better than cure, immunization is the ideal way of dealing with diseases caused by microorganisms.

…protection against asthma conferred by BCG vaccination (for defense against tuberculosis) has been proved only in children with a history of allergic rhinitis (hay fever).

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