Abstract

Question: Should BCG be recommended, over no vaccination, to immunocompetent individuals to mitigate the burden of leprosy in leprosyendemic countries?

  • Population: Immunocompetent individuals.
  • Intervention: BCG vaccination.
  • Comparison(s): No vaccination in the context of routine leprosy control interventions.
  • Outcome: Leprosy disease.
  • Evidence to recommendation table
  • Tuberculosis