Table 3– Guidelines for bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine
WHORevised BCG vaccination guidelines for infants at risk for HIV infection www.who.int/immunization/wer8221bcg_May07_position_paper.pdf Information Sheet, Observed rate of vaccine reactions of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, April 2012 www.who.int/vaccine_safety/initiative/tools/BCG_Vaccine_rates_information_sheet.pdf Prequalification of vaccines – further information www.who.int/immunization_standards/vaccine_quality/vq_index/en/index.html
CDCFact sheets, BCG Vaccine www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/prevention/BCG.htm
IUATLDConsensus statement on the revised World Health Organization recommendations for BCG vaccination in HIV-infected infants www.theunion.org/images/stories/resources/RESS_BCG_Working_Group_Statement_IJTLD_December_2008.pdf
Stop-TBManagement of TB in the HIV-infected child www.stoptb.org/wg/dots_expansion/assets/documents/IJTLD_OS_ChildhoodTB_Chapter3.pdf
The BCG World AtlasA database of global BCG vaccination policies and practices If your country profile needs to be updated, please contact A. Zwerling (alice.zwerling@mail.mcgill.ca) or M. Pai (madhukar.pai@mcgill.ca) www.bcgatlas.org/index.php
  • WHO: World Health Organization; CDC: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IUATLD: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.