in Denmark markets BCG vaccine prepared using Danish strain 1331 | To improve security and to [diversify] sources of affordable and flexible supply," UNICEF awarded seven new manufacturers contracts to produce BCG |
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | —present 1953—2012 1947—2005 Spain 1965—1981 Sweden 1940—1975 1960s—1987 1952—present? In 1882 regarded human and bovine TB as identical |
In 2007, The WHO stopped recommending BCG for infants with , even if there is a high risk of exposure to TB, because of the risk of disseminated BCG infection which is approximately 400 per 100,000 in that higher risk context.
5Houghton BB, Chalasani V, Hayne D, Grimison P, Brown CS, Patel MI, et al | The Hague:Health Council of the Netherlands |
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Kowalewicz-Kulbat M, Locht C July 2017 | PDF from the original on 30 July 2012 |
A number of use BCG as an additive to provide an initial stimulation of the person's immune systems.
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