title: [BCG-vaccination in GDR (author's transl)].
abstract: Report on the development of BCG-vaccination in GDR, appreciating the initiative and the contribution of Prof. Hans Knöll. BCG-vaccination has a great portion of the steady reduction of tuberculosis morbidity among children and young adults and the practical disappearance of mortality in these age groups.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine
vernacular_title: Die BCG-Impfung in der DDR.