Ethnic differences in the rates of BCG vaccination.
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- Vol. 89 (1) , 48-9
Abstract
An audit of the selective neonatal BCG immunisation programme showed that only 51% of eligible infants received the vaccination. Infants of Indian subcontinental origin (ISC) were significantly more likely to have been vaccinated than non-ISC infants (ISC 70% v non-ISC 29%). Greater awareness of the eligibility of non-ISC infants for BCG as well as simplification of the eligibility criteria are needed to help increase BCG vaccination rates.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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