BCG vaccination for new entrants from high-incidence tuberculosis (TB) areas
Last reviewed 01/2018
Offer BCG vaccination to new entrants who are Mantoux- or interferon-gamma release assay-negative who:
- are from high-incidence countries and
- are previously unvaccinated (that is, without adequate documentation or a BCG scar) and
- are aged:
- younger than 16 years or 16-35 years from sub-Saharan Africa or
- a country with a TB incidence of 500 per 100,000 or more
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