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. 2011 Mar;8(3):e1001012.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001012. Epub 2011 Mar 22.

The BCG World Atlas: a database of global BCG vaccination policies and practices

Alice Zwerling  1 , Marcel A Behr, Aman Verma, Timothy F Brewer, Dick Menzies, Madhukar Pai
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The BCG World Atlas: a database of global BCG vaccination policies and practices

Alice Zwerling et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

Madhu Pai and colleagues introduce the BCG World Atlas, an open access, user friendly Web site for TB clinicians to discern global BCG vaccination policies and practices and improve the care of their patients.

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Conflict of interest statement

No financial conflicts. Madhukar Pai serves as an external consultant for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). BMGF had no involvement in this manuscript. Madhukar Pai is a member of the PLoS Medicine Editorial Board.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Home page of the BCG World Atlas (http://www.bcgatlas.org/) and example of BCG policies and practices in Japan.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Map displaying BCG vaccination policy by country.
A: The country currently has universal BCG vaccination program. B: The country used to recommend BCG vaccination for everyone, but currently does not. C: The country never had universal BCG vaccination programs.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Countries most likely to benefit from highly specific IGRAs for the diagnosis of LTBI.
One of the applications of this database is its ability to identify populations where repeated BCG immunizations were administered or where BCG was administered after infancy, as these populations are most likely to benefit from the use of highly specific IGRAs for the diagnosis of LTBI.
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