Question

In how many days new born child should be vaccinated with bcg vaccine

Answer 1

Vaccination is a process of of inoculation of harmless antigenic material (attenuated or love harmless pathogen or its toxoid) into a health person for providing active acquired immunity against the disease provided. A single Vaccination may not and never may give a adequate immunity to the disease. Therefore, usually 2-3 times booster doses of vaccine are given or administered later on at specific intervals.

The B.C.G. vaccine, is given against Tuberculosis, Bacillus Calmette-guerin vaccine. They are intradermal, one shot, given after the baby has passed 6 months of its due course.