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BCG Vaccine

Known as: Calmette's Vaccine, Bacillus Calmette Guerin, Bacillius Calmette-Guerin Vaccine 
A vaccine containing bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, with non-specific immunoadjuvant and… 
National Institutes of Health

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BCG, Live, Connaught Strainmethanol extraction residue (MER) tubercle bacillus fractionrBCG85C vaccine
BCG, Live, Tice StrainBCG, Live, Tice Strain 50 MG InjectionBCG, Live, Tice Strain 50 MG/ML Topical Suspension [Tice BCG]BCG/bropirimine
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Immunologic AdjuvantsTuberculosis Vaccines

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Genome plasticity of BCG and impact on vaccine efficacy
To understand the evolution, attenuation, and variable protective efficacy of bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccines… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
The success and failure of BCG — implications for a novel tuberculosis vaccine
Over the past 50 years, the Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) has maintained… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Autophagy Is a Defense Mechanism Inhibiting BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Survival in Infected Macrophages
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Randomized, controlled trials, observational studies, and the hierarchy of research designs.
BACKGROUND In the hierarchy of research designs, the results of randomized, controlled trials are considered to be evidence of… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Comparative genomics of BCG vaccines by whole-genome DNA microarray.
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines are live attenuated strains of Mycobacterium bovis administered to prevent tuberculosis… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Molecular analysis of genetic differences between Mycobacterium bovis BCG and virulent M. bovis
The live attenuated bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for the prevention of disease associated with Mycobacterium… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Relationship between bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) strains and the efficacy of BCG vaccine in the prevention of tuberculosis.
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination for the prevention of tuberculosis has been used in humans since 1921. Furthermore, for… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Efficacy of BCG Vaccine in the Prevention of Tuberculosis: Meta-analysis of the Published Literature
Objective. —To quantify the efficacy of BCG vaccine against tuberculosis (TB). Data Sources. —MEDLINE with index termsBCG vaccine… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Efficacy of BCG vaccine in the prevention of tuberculosis. Meta-analysis of the published literature.
OBJECTIVE To quantify the efficacy of BCG vaccine against tuberculosis (TB). DATA SOURCES MEDLINE with index terms BCG vaccine… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
New use of BCG for recombinant vaccines
BCG, a live attenuated tubercle bacillus, is the most widely used vaccine in the world and is also a useful vaccine vehicle for… 
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