BCG revaccination does not protect against leprosy in the Brazilian Amazon: a cluster randomised trial.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Sérgio S Cunha (लेखक), Neal Alexander (लेखक), Mauricio L Barreto (लेखक), Emilia S Pereira (लेखक), Inês Dourado (लेखक), Maria de Fátima Maroja (लेखक), Yury Ichihara (लेखक), Silvana Brito (लेखक), Susan Pereira (लेखक), Laura C Rodrigues (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Although BCG has been found to impart protection against leprosy in many populations, the utility of repeat or booster BCG vaccinations is still unclear. When a policy of giving a second BCG dose to school children in Brazil was introduced, a trial was conducted to assess its impact against tubercul...