A case-control study of the effectiveness of BCG vaccine for preventing leprosy in Yangon, Myanmar | Zendy

Jeanne Bertolli | Zendy; C. Pangi | Zendy; R R Frerichs | Zendy; M. Elizabeth Halloran | Zendy

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A case-control study of the effectiveness of BCG vaccine for preventing leprosy in Yangon, Myanmar

Author(s) -

Jeanne Bertolli,

C. Pangi,

R R Frerichs,

M. Elizabeth Halloran

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/26.4.888

Subject(s) - leprosy , medicine , vaccination , bcg vaccine , environmental health , demography , immunology , sociology

Five randomized trials, a follow-up study, and six case-control investigations of BCG vaccine's effectiveness (VE) for preventing leprosy have been conducted internationally, with widely varying estimates of VE. Because of the difficulty of generalizing from disparate results, local estimates of VE are needed for health planning purposes and are currently particularly relevant, given the World Health Organization's (WHO) goal to eliminate leprosy by the year 2000.

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