Roche P W, Triccas J A, Winter N
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Newtown, NSW, Australia.
Trends Microbiol. 1995 Oct;3(10):397-401. doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(00)88986-6.
Three billion doses of the bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine have been given over the past 60 years. BCG has a widely variable ability to protect humans against tuberculosis. This article examines some of the reasons for this variability, and discusses ways in which BCG vaccination might be improved.
在过去60年里,已接种了30亿剂卡介苗(BCG)。卡介苗对人类预防结核病的保护能力差异很大。本文探讨了造成这种差异的一些原因,并讨论了改进卡介苗接种的方法。