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Description: The value of BCG vaccination in preventing leprosy among children was studied in an area of high leprosy endemicity in Burma through a controlled trial; one group of 13 066 children received BCG and another group of 13 176 served as controls. The overall protective effect of BCG, which was only about 20% over the 14-year period, was found to vary with the batch of vaccine, as well as age, sex, and contact status of the children. BCG protection was found to be independent of the initial tuberculin status of the children. The protective effect of BCG against the lepromatous type of leprosy could not be measured because of the low incidence. Protection was observed throughout the fourteen years of the study except for the first year. The results are compared with those of three other major BCG trials in leprosy. The trial has shown that BCG provides only a very modest level of protection and that BCG vaccination is not likely to be an important solution for leprosy control.
Creator/author: KYAW LWIN, T. Sundaresan, Mg Mg Gyi, L. M. Bechelli, C. Tamondong, P. Gallego Garbajosa, H. Sansarricq, S. K. Noordeen
Source/publisher: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
1985-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-26
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Vaccines
Language: English
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Source/publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2009-02-10
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-26
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Vaccines
Language: Burmese
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Source/publisher: World Health Organization
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-25
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Vaccines
Language: English
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Description: "...In examining the British government?s frequently half-hearted and sometimes even contradictory attempts to convince the indigenous population to accept vaccination, Burma does begin to appear in some ways as a neglected corner of British India. However, Burma may not really have been an exception as other literature has found similar problems in British India in general..."
Creator/author: ATSUKO NAONO
Source/publisher: SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research 4.1 (Spring 2006)
2006-03-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-11-09
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
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