Finally, we found a statistically significant higher protective effect of the BCG vaccination if studies were conducted among household contacts instead of the general population, even after ...

The current tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the most widely used vaccine worldwide, but it does not prevent the establishment of latent TB or ...

Mumbai: From Dec 2024, 16,000 adults in Mumbai have received the BCG vaccine ... the vaccine would protect me from TB and there could be temporary side-effects like a blister on my arm.

No vaccine has generated more controversy than BCG vaccination. The vaccine is a live attenuated strain of Bovine Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The vaccine was developed by Calmette and Guerin in 1921.