For prevention of which disease, BCG vaccine is given?

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The correct answer is TB.

Key Points

BCG stands for Bacille Calmette-Guerin.
It is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) disease.
Tuberculosis (TB) disease is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (TB) usually attacks the lungs.
BCG vaccine was first considered by the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization in its thirteenth report.
BCG vaccine is one of the most widely used of all current vaccines.
BCG vaccine has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children.

Additional Information

**Important diseases and vaccines**
Disease	Vaccine
Chickenpox	Varicella vaccine.
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella	MMR Vaccine.
Polio	Inactivated polio vaccine and the Oral polio vaccine.
Hepatitis B	Hepatitis B vaccine.
Tuberculosis	BCG vaccine.