Case series evaluation of BCG vaccine efficacy against tubercular meningitis in children in Delhi.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-112309
ABSTRACT
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.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Meningeal
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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BCG Vaccine
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Case-Control Studies
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Child, Preschool
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Urban Health
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Outcome Assessment, Health Care
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India
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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