Case series evaluation of BCG vaccine efficacy against tubercular meningitis in children in Delhi.
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Dans Anglais
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| 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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Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Méningite tuberculeuse
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
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Vaccin BCG
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Études cas-témoins
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Enfant d'âge préscolaire
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Santé en zone urbaine
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Inde
Type d'étude:
Essai clinique contrôlé
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Étude observationnelle
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Facteurs de risque
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Anglais
Année:
1993
Type:
Article
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