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Abstract
An active immunizing agent and a viable avirulent attenuated strain of MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS, which confers immunity to mycobacterial infections. It is used also in immunotherapy of neoplasms due to its stimulation of antibodies and non-specific immunity.
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7 entry terms
- Bacillus Calmette Guerin Vaccine
- Calmette Guerin Bacillus Vaccine
- Calmette's Vaccine
- Calmette Vaccine
- Calmettes Vaccine
- Vaccine, BCG
- Vaccine, Calmette's
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26 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
BCG vaccination in prev of tuberc = BCG VACCINE (IM) + TUBERCULOSIS /prev (IM); BCG ther of various diseases = BCG VACCINE /ther use (IM) + dis /drug ther (IM)
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1979 (1974)
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WF 250
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References
- National Library of Medicine. BCG Vaccine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001500. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001500
- BCG Vaccine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCG_vaccine
- BCG Vaccine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q798309