Case series evaluation of BCG vaccine efficacy against tubercular meningitis in children in Delhi.
Tubercular meningitis (TBM) is a very serious disease of childhood. BCG vaccination under Universal Immunisation Programme is the only available way of preventing this disease. The present series using case-control method, evaluated efficacy of BCG against TBM in children to be 57 per cent. Suggestion has been made to initiate TBM surveillance in children and conduct multicentric prospective case-control study of similar type.
National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi.
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J
Bhattacharjee
R S
RS
Sharma
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J
Singh
K K
KK
Datta
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Verghese
D001500:BCG Vaccine; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014504:Urban Health
D001500:BCG Vaccine