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

• Main Authors: Sérgio S Cunha (Author), Neal Alexander (Author), Mauricio L Barreto (Author), Emilia S Pereira (Author), Inês Dourado (Author), Maria de Fátima Maroja (Author), Yury Ichihara (Author), Silvana Brito (Author), Susan Pereira (Author), Laura C Rodrigues (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...