Long-term efficacy of BCG vaccine in American Indians and Alaska Natives: A 60-year follow-up study |
| |
Authors: | Aronson Naomi E Santosham Mathuram Comstock George W Howard Robin S Moulton Lawrence H Rhoades Everett R Harrison Lee H |
| |
Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md (Dr Aronson); Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Service (Dr Aronson), and Department of Clinical Investigation (Ms Howard), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Health (Dr Santosham) and Departments of Epidemiology (Dr Comstock) and International Health (Dr Moulton), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md; Native American Prevention Research Center, University of Oklahoma College of Public Health, Oklahoma City (Dr Rhoades); and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa (Dr Harrison). |
| |
Abstract: | Context The duration of protection from tuberculosis of BCG vaccines is not known. Objective To determine the long-term duration of protection of a BCG vaccine that was previously found to be efficacious. Design Retrospective record review using Indian Health Service records, tuberculosis registries, death certificates, and supplemental interviews with trial participants. Setting and Participants Follow-up for the period 1948-1998 among American Indians and Alaska Natives who participated in a placebo-controlled BCG vaccine trial during 1935-1938 and who were still at risk of developing tuberculosis. Data from 1483 participants in the BCG vaccine group and 1309 in the placebo group were analyzed. Main Outcome Measures Efficacy of BCG vaccine, calculated for each 10-year interval using a Cox regression model with time-dependent variables based on tuberculosis events occurring after December 31, 1947 (end of prospective case finding). Results The overall incidence of tuberculosis was 66 and 138 cases per 100 000 person-years in the BCG vaccine and placebo groups, respectively, for an estimate of vaccine efficacy of 52% (95% confidence interval, 27%-69%). Adjustments for age at vaccination, tribe, subsequent BCG vaccination, chronic medical illness, isoniazid use, and bacille Calmette-Guérin strain did not substantially affect vaccine efficacy. There was slight but not statistically significant waning of the efficacy of BCG vaccination over time, greater among men than women. Conclusion In this trial, BCG vaccine efficacy persisted for 50 to 60 years, suggesting that a single dose of an effective BCG vaccine can have a long duration of protection. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
| 点击此处可从《》浏览原始摘要信息 |
|
点击此处可从《》下载全文 |
|