Immuno response and side - effect following BCG vaccination in infants at Thanh Tri district 1997
- Author:
Ling Hong Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vaccine
- MeSH:
Immune System;
BCG Vaccine;
infant
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
1998;8(2):83-89
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study was carried out in Thanh Tri district on 109 infants aged 0-3 months who received a dose of 0.05mg of intradermal BCG vaccine. The result showed that: the tuberculin conversion rate in infants was satisfactory (96.33%), the rate of non-suppurative adenitis was 3.67% and the rate of suppurative adenitis was 0.917%.
