why is the TB vaccination called the BCG?
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What is Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)?
BCG is a vaccine for TB disease. BCG is used in many countries, but it is not generally recommended in the United States. BCG vaccination does not completely prevent people from getting TB. It may also cause a false positive tuberculin skin test. However, persons who have been vaccinated with BCG can be given a tuberculin skin test or QuantiFERON-TB test.
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Why do you get a headache after drinking a slurpee?
from the inventors:Bacillus Calmet et Guerain.
et:is french and it means and.
Bacillus:is rod,as this is the shape of the mycobacteria.
it is a mycobacteria,not a bacteria.
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BCG is the freez-dried vaccine fr TB.it stands fr "Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin" after the names of the two french workers who developed this strain fr vaccination.
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