Hypersensibility reaction to tuberculin (PPD RT-23) was studied during five years among children under one year of age, vaccinated with BCG by oral administration, living in an area of city S. Paulo, Brazil. Of 790 children, 13,0% showed a weak reaction and 16.4% showed a strong reaction, totalizing 29.4% reactors. Comparing the results of convertors after BCG vaccination by intradermic administration, this paper shows that a low percentage of children became convertors after being vaccinated with BCG by oral administration.
Tuberculinic hipersensibility; BCG vaccination; BCG, oral administration
