Data analysis of the tuberculous infection investigation and of the first programme of vaccination with intradermic BCG- among schoolchildren in S. Paulo, Brazil: 1971 to 1974

• Autor(a) principal: Certain, Diogenes Augusto
• Data de Publicação: 1975
• Outros Autores: Rosenburg, Cornélio Pedroso, Belluomini, Marília, Brólio, Roberto, Salomon, Geraldo Chaves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/4782
• topic: Tuberculose; Vacinação BCG; intradérmico; Escolares^i1^sSão Paulo; Bra; Teste Tuberculínico; Tuberculosis; BCG vaccination; Schoolchildren^i2^sS. Paulo; Bra; Tuberculin test

The results of tuberculinic sensitivity investigation and vaccination of the non reactors with intradermic BCG among schoolchildren in the first grades of the S. Paulo Municipal Schools over a period of four years is presented. The data obtained showed rates that varied between 1.6 and 3.0% for weak reactors and 6.6 and 7.6% for strong reactors. Vaccination was performed on 129,784 children, corresponding to 89.7% of the 144,641 non reactors. The investigation of the tuberculinic turn-over after vaccination was done by sampling and showed, throughout the years, rates which varied from 85.6 to 96.1% of convertees. Of these, 7.8 to 21.4 showed weak reactions and 64.2 to 88.3%, strong reactions. These data give some important informations on the epidemiological situation of Tuberculosis among us and demonstrate the viability of vaccination with intradermic BCG as a measure of Public Health.