BCG (vaccine)

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• BCG vaccine — Immunol. a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis. [1925 30; B(ACILLUS) C(ALMETTE )G(UÉRIN)] * * * ▪ medicine    vaccine against tuberculosis. The BCG vaccine is prepared from a… …   Universalium

• BCG vaccine — noun Etymology: Bacillus Calmette Guérin (an attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli), from Albert Calmette died 1933 and Camille Guérin died 1961 French bacteriologists Date: 1927 a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• BCG vaccine — 1) Медицина: вакцина Кальметта Герена (bacille Calmette Guerine) 2) Сельское хозяйство: вакцина БЦЖ, противотуберкулёзная вакцина …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Guindy — BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Chennai, is a sub ordinate office of Directorate General of Health Services of the Government of India. HistoryEstablished on May 1, 1948, the BCG Vaccine Laboratory was founded to produce and supply liquid Bacillus… …   Wikipedia

• BCG — noun see BCG vaccine …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• BCG disease outbreak in Finland in the 2000's — BCG disease is an adverse effect of the Bacillus Calmette Guérin vaccine. The vaccine contains living mycobacterium tuberculosis bovis, and in BCG disease, the bacterium causes a diseases in persons vaccinated. Between 2000 and 2006, several… …   Wikipedia

• BCG — can stand for:*The Boston Consulting Group, an international management consulting firm *Bacillus Calmette Guérin, a vaccine for tuberculosis *Bandaranayaka college gampaha *Ballistocardiography, a vital sign caused by the mechanical movement of… …   Wikipedia

• Vaccine — La vaccine, communément appelée « variole de la vache », est une maladie infectieuse des bovidés (Cowpox) et des équidés (Horsepox). Le virus, semblable à celui de la variole, fournit un vaccin qui permet d immuniser l homme contre… …   Wikipédia en Français

• BCG — An effective immunization against tuberculosis. BCG stands for Bacille Calmette Guérin. BCG is a weakened (attenuated) version of a bacteria called Mycobacterium bovis which is closely related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the agent responsible… …   Medical dictionary

• vaccine — Originally, the live v. (vaccinia, cowpox) virus inoculated in the skin as prophylaxis against smallpox and obtained from the skin of calves inoculated with seed virus. Usage has extended the meaning to include essentially any preparation… …   Medical dictionary