Leprosy prophylaxis
- 20 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 199 (12) , 905-908
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.199.12.905
Abstract
At the Leprosy Clinic of the US Public Health Service Hospital in San Francisco, 166 cases of leprosy were seen during the past 7 years. Of 198 family contacts of patients with lepromatous disease examined at the clinic, 16 developed leprosy (an attack rate of 8.08%). Until recently, the policy was to examine every known contact at the time the diagnosis in the index case was established and periodically thereafter; however, this method resulted in a fairly large number of new leprosy cases. A program of prophylactic BCG [Bacille Calmette-Guerin] vaccinations therefore was instituted at the Leprosy Clinic. The results provide evidence that BCG vaccination confers a high degree of protection.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Vaccination against Human Leprosy Bacillus Infections of Mice: Protection by BCG Given during the Incubation PeriodThe Journal of Immunology, 1966
- VACCINATION AGAINST EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION WITH MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE1American Journal of Epidemiology, 1965