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National Public Health Institute

Suomen BCG-rokotuskäytäntö englanniksi

To whom it may concern:

CERTIFICATE ON BCG VACCINATION

Applicant____________________________________________________________________________

BCG vaccination was included in the national vaccination program in Finland from 1941 till August 2006. During this time, over 98 % of children received BCG vaccination at birth or soon thereafter.

BCG vaccination may cause positive reaction in the intradermal Mantoux tuberculin test. According to the Finnish experience the reactivity may be long lasting and some healthy adolecents may still have moderate, even strong reaction in the tuberculin test (Tubercule Lung Dis 1992, 73, 87-93, Tala-Heikkilä et. al. ).

The applicant has_______mm induration in the intradermal Mantoux test with 2 TU PPD RT 23, and a BCG scar in the upper left thigh.

Yours sincerely,

MD, Licenced physician

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