BCG Injections .....

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I was wondering about the BCG injection I had as a child (the one that leaves the big round scar at top of arm - I think it was BCG). Do they give this in the USA? If so at what age - I have heard nothing of this for my children? Do they still give this in the UK?

Also the explanation I found I (shown below) say it only last for 15 years, so I guess I'm no longer protected, should we have another BCG



Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially cultured in an artificial medium for years. The bacilli have retained enough strong antigenicity to become a somewhat effective vaccine for the prevention of human tuberculosis. At best, the BCG vaccine is 80% effective in preventing tuberculosis for a duration of 15 years, however, its protective effect appears to vary according to geography.