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MeSH Heading: BCG Vaccine
Tree Number(s): D20.215.894.135.825.100
Unique ID: D001500
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001500
Annotation: BCG vaccination in prev of tuberc = BCG VACCINE (IM) + TUBERCULOSIS /‌prev (IM); BCG ther of various diseases = BCG VACCINE /‌ther use (IM) + dis /‌drug ther (IM)
Scope Note: An active immunizing agent and a viable avirulent attenuated strain of MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS, which confers immunity to mycobacterial infections. It is used also in immunotherapy of neoplasms due to its stimulation of antibodies and non-specific immunity.
Entry Term(s): Bacillus Calmette Guerin Vaccine; Calmette Guerin Bacillus Vaccine; Calmette's Vaccine
Pharm Action: Adjuvants, Immunologic
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: WF 250
See Also: Mycobacterium bovis
Public MeSH Note: 1979; see TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES 1974-1978
History Note: 1979 (1974)
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0002239
Registry Numbers: 0
Scope Note: An active immunizing agent and a viable avirulent attenuated strain of MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS, which confers immunity to mycobacterial infections. It is used also in immunotherapy of neoplasms due to its stimulation of antibodies and non-specific immunity.
Terms: BCG Vaccine Preferred Term
Term UI T004358
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Calmette Guerin Bacillus Vaccine
Term UI T004361
Date02/01/1978
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Calmette's Vaccine
Term UI T004359
Date04/04/1989
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Bacillus Calmette Guerin Vaccine
Term UI T004360
Date02/01/1978
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

BCG Vaccine MeSH Descriptor Data 2024