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National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)

Statement on Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Vaccine

Vol. 30, ACS-5, 1 December, 2004

On page 2, under Epidemiology, the second paragraph, second sentence should read as follow:

In 2002, 1,634 cases of TB were reported representing an incidence rate of 5.2 per 100,000. In that year 5.7% (93/1,634) of cases were < 15 years of age and the corresponding incidence of these cases was 1.6 per 100,000 (Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control. Ottawa: Health Canada, 2004)