Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccine

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See for

BCG vaccine

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Broader Terms

neoplasm /cancer vaccine, tuberculosis vaccine

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Related Terms

Mycobacterium bovis

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Scope Note

active immunizing agent and a viable avirulent attenuated strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, var. bovis, which confers immunity to mycobacterial infections; used also in immunotherapy of neoplasms due to its stimulation of antibodies and non-specific immunity.

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