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BCG - Bacille bilié de Calmette-Guérin
Also known as:
Bacille Calmette-Guérin
Calmette-Guérin bacillus
Associated persons:
Léon Charles Albert Calmette
Jean-Marie Camille Guérin
Description:
An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, rendered completely avirulent by long-term cultivation on bile-glycero-potato medium, used in BCG vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis.
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