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  • Title: Ethnic differences in the rates of BCG vaccination.
    Author: Deshpande SA.
    Journal: Arch Dis Child; 2004 Jan; 89(1):48-9. PubMed ID: 14709504.
    Abstract:
    An audit of the selective neonatal BCG immunisation programme showed that only 51% of eligible infants received the vaccination. Infants of Indian subcontinental origin (ISC) were significantly more likely to have been vaccinated than non-ISC infants (ISC 70% v non-ISC 29%). Greater awareness of the eligibility of non-ISC infants for BCG as well as simplification of the eligibility criteria are needed to help increase BCG vaccination rates.
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