Talk:BCG vaccine

message: Some mention needs to be made of the painful swelling that results from a BCQ injection Nil Einne 23:22, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Painful 

message: BCG is expanded to Bacille Calmette-Guérin (not bacillus) even in the English language literature (and the American literature). Look at () or search PubMed.  BCG is not a member of the genus "Bacillus" (such as anthrax), although descriptively it is a rod-shaped bacterium and may therefore be called a "bacillus" (small "b"). I propose to move the article and all the redirects to bacille Calmette-Guérin. --Gak 21:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Although I had never heard of Bacillus for BCG, a PubMed test confirms both spellings, with Bacillus being more commonly used than Bacille, even in core clinical journals and in reviews. I've adapted the intro but I don't think we should move and rename all the redirects. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:51, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: Is the second picture an actual representation of the BCG vaccine? I am certain that it is not the case an is, in fact, the Heaf Test which one is administered with [i]before[/i] the main injection.
Is this so? Or is it the case that the combination of the two is also called the BCG?
If not then it is misleading and should be removed/the caption should be changed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.68.13.173 (talk) 07:35, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The author of the picture here, and the answer is YES; it is actually for BCG vaccination "in Japan", not for Heaf test.  It was obtained as a set of "lyophylized BCG vaccine with immunizer" from Japan BCG Laboratory (unfortunately English page is under construction.)  In Japan, BCG is administered by the method so-call "multiple puncture method" with this apparatus for a long (for example, you can see the name "kuchiki's needle" in this article) to prevent a local skin reaction.  I know, of course, this multipuncture method is not a worldwide standard; although trials for multipuncture method using an apparatus such as 'Heaf gun' in other countries are tested or developping (e.g. ).  I uploaded this picture mainly for the explanation of BCG in ja article, or the explanation of the variety of the vaccination method in other lang version. So, I wonder if it is "representable" for the general explanation in other language version, too.  (This was the reason why I'd replaced the top image in this revision) --Y tambe (talk) 08:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: BCG/Heaf test

message: There is no mention of an Adjuvant added to the bovine tuberculosis bacillus preparation. 79.76.193.4 (talk) 14:40, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Adjuvant

message: This page was mentioned in Richard Lehman's BMJ blog (re: The BMJ 9 August 2014 Vol 349) in connection with a recent meta-analysis () reporting "evidence that BCG protects against tuberculosis infection [as well as disease] from multiple epidemiologically different settings and independent of the type of interferon γ release assay used to detect infection" . 86.164.164.123 (talk) 13:03, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes have updated TB. Have not updated this article yet. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:49, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've actually already updated this User:Jmh649! Check out my last edit on this page! Pishoygouda (talk) 01:41, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Variable [[BCG vaccine#Efficacy|efficacy]]? 

message: Article in hungarian language: https://index.hu/techtud/2020/03/30/a_bcg-oltas_enyhitheti_a_koronavirus-betegseg_tuneteit/
Australian article: https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/healthcare-workers-to-trial-tuberculosis-vaccine-f
Article about the Netherlands: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/can-century-old-tb-vaccine-steel-immune-system-against-new-coronavirus#
84.236.41.174 (talk) 17:03, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  BCG emergency tested in non-mandatory countries e.g. AUS, NL, for unintended anti-COVID19 efficiency, as data indicates post-1954 mandatory BCG is protecting population in Hungary. 

message: https://www.urotoday.com/video-lectures/covid-19-and-genitourinary-cancers/video/1716-the-bactir-trial-bcg-vaccination-against-sars-cov-2-to-protect-health-care-workers-by-enhanced-trained-immune-responses.html
The BADAS Trial: BCG Vaccination Against SARS-CoV-2 to Protect Health Care Workers by Enhanced Trained Immune Responses - Ashish Kamat, Andrew DiNardo, Paul Hegarty 94.21.121.60 (talk) 20:57, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  BADASS clinical trials video FAQ: bladder cancer treatment BCG vaccine stock used to see if it also protects against COVID-19. 

message: At present the "History" section of this article claims that:  "In the late 19th century, clinical trials using M. bovis were conducted in Italy with disastrous results, because M. bovis was found to be just as virulent as M. tuberculosis."
I haven't found any confirmation that this vaccine trial occurred.
Furthermore, much of the original text in this section was copied word-for-word from this source:
The author provided no source for his claim that during the 19th century, Italy tested a trial vaccine for tuberculosis.  
This same passage also claimed that Villemin discovered bovine tuberculosis in 1854.  That claim is false.  (That claim was also not sourced.)
VexorAbVikipædia (talk) 19:10, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  19th century, Italian trial vaccine for tuberculosis ? 

message: The manufacturing section is very outdated and very incomplete.  Here is a 2018 article that names all the manufacturers as of then.  The article now mentions the Dianon and Powderject products which are are long, long gone and shouldn't be mentioned anymore...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X17317486
72.227.185.148 (talk) 04:07, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manufacturing 

message: https://ajvaccines.com/products/bcg-vaccine-aj-vaccines/
This BCG vaccine with a Danish BCG strain is used for example in Finland and UK.
If there will be a clinical trial on humans or macaques, could they use the current commercial vaccine intravenously? If not, why not? Do ordinary vaccines against common human diseases contain something insuitable for intravenous use?
128.214.129.34 (talk) 21:02, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It is used intravenously in clinical trials, for instance here. Ruslik_Zero 11:42, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Giving current human vaccines intravenously 

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