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BCG provides protection for a lifetime
  1. A E Boyd
  1. Research Specialist Registrar, Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK; Aileen.Boyd@homerton.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2004.la0107

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    ▴ Aronson NE, Santosham M, Comstock GW, et al. Long-term efficacy of BCG vaccine in American Indians and Alaska natives: a 60-year follow-up study. JAMA2004;291:2086–91
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    This paper analyses the efficacy of BCG vaccination in 2792 American Indians and Alaska natives enrolled in a placebo controlled trial of BCG between 1935 and 1938. They were recruited aged 1 month to 20 years following a normal chest radiograph and absence of reaction to a strong dose of purified …

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