A comparative trial of BCG intradermal doses of 0.05 mg and 0.025 mg in infants aged 1-90 days in Tien Son district (Bac Ninh) and Thanh Tri district (Ha Noi)
- Author:
Linh Hong Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vaccine
- MeSH:
BCG Vaccine;
Pharmaceutical Preparations;
child;
Infant, Newborn
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2000;10(3):24-30
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study was carried out on 469 infants aged 1-90 days in Tien Son and Thanh Tri districts. The infants were randomly divided into 2 groups receiving different doses (0.05 mg and 0.025 mg) of intradermal BCG vaccine. It showed that the tuberculin conversion was satisfactory in both groups (96.9% and 96.7%), while the percentage of suppurative adenitis was found higher in the group receiving 0.05 mg BCG (1.35%) versus the group receiving 0.025 mg BCG (0.41%).
