BCG vaccine

American  

noun

Immunology.

1. a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis.

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BCG vaccine Scientific  

/ bē′sē-jē′ /

1. A preparation used to immunize individuals against tuberculosis, consisting of attenuated live human tubercle bacilli (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.

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Etymology

Origin of BCG vaccine

1925–30; B(acillus) C(almette-)G(uérin)

Example Sentences

The BCG vaccine given to newborns in many parts of the developing world to prevent tuberculosis also seems to have a systemic immune response that helps prevent infant mortality from other infections, says Topham.

From The Wall Street Journal

This shows that after five years of taking the BCG vaccine six times, cognitively normal middle-aged adults with a form of Type 1 diabetes had significantly lower levels of two types of protein that play a large role in Alzheimer’s disease compared with those who didn’t get the vaccine.

From The Wall Street Journal

The BCG vaccine resets sugar pathways.

From The Wall Street Journal

Indeed, there’s evidence to suggest it may have been a mistake to stop administering the smallpox vaccine after the total elimination of smallpox, or to end the BCG vaccine as tuberculosis infection became rare.

From Salon

Two back-to-back randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trials found that the BCG vaccine provided continuous protection for nearly the entire COVID-19 pandemic in the US, regardless of the viral variant.

From Science Daily