BCG

An abbreviation of Bacille Calmette-Guérin, a vaccine used to protect against tuberculosis named after French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin (18721961). It consists of attenuated living tubercle bacteria.

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BCG can stand for:

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, a vaccine for tuberculosis.

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