Effectiveness of routine BCG vaccination on buruli ulcer disease: a case-control study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Togo.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Richard Odame Phillips, Delphin Mavinga Phanzu, Marcus Beissner, Kossi Badziklou, Elysée Kalundieko Luzolo, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko, Yaw Amoako, Michael Frimpong, Abass Mohammed Kabiru, Ebekalisai Piten, Issaka Maman, Bawimodom Bidjada, Adjaho Koba, Koffi Somenou Awoussi, Basile Kobara, Jörg Nitschke, Franz Xaver Wiedemann, Abiba Banla Kere, Ohene Adjei, Thomas Löscher, Bernhard Fleischer, Gisela Bretzel, Karl-Heinz Herbinger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Calmette
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003457; https://doaj.org/article/611e70905af648808a6a17f41ea4dba9

The only available vaccine that could be potentially beneficial against mycobacterial diseases contains live attenuated bovine tuberculosis bacillus (Mycobacterium bovis) also called Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Even though the BCG vaccine is still widely used, results on its effectiveness in pre...