TY - JOUR T1 - VACCINES CONTAINING MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE AND THEIR USE IN THE CHILDREN OF LEPROSY PATIENTS IN IRAN TT - JF - MJIRI JO - MJIRI VL - 8 IS - 2 UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1384-en.html Y1 - 1994 SP - 87 EP - 91 N2 - The policy of vaccinating children who live with leprosy patients, and who have responses to leprosin A of2rnrn or less, with BCG+killed Mycobacterium vaccae if they lack a BCG scar, or with killed M. vaccae alone if they have a BCG scar, has been followed over 3-4 years in two centers in Iran. Judged on the basis of skin test conversion to leprosin positivity, the policy has been highly successful. A way in which the vaccines may work is discussed, and supported by differences in apparent efficacy between the two study centers. M3 ER -