Maganin rigakafin BCG an fara amfani da shi a kan mutane a 1921 a Faransa, amma ya sami karbuwa sosai a Amurka, Burtaniya, da Jamus ne kawai bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II. Tuberculosis ya haifar da damuwa ga jama'a a cikin karni na 19 da farkon karni na 20 yayin da cutar ta zama gama gari a cikin talakawan birane. A cikin 1815 daya daga cikin mutuwar hudu a Ingila ya kasance ne saboda "cin". A cikin 1918, TB har yanzu yana haifar da daya daga cikin mutuwar shida a Faransa. Bayan da aka ƙaddara cewa cutar tarin fuka ta kasance mai yaduwa, a cikin shekarun 1800, an sanya shi a cikin jerin sunayen masu fama da rashin lafiya a Birtaniya; ya fara dakatar da cutar tarin fuka a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata. An fara amfani da maganin BCG a kan mutane a 1921 a Faransa, amma ya sami karbuwa a Amurka, Birtaniya, da Jamus ne kawai bayan yakin duniya na biyu. A cikin shekara ta 1913, duk da cewa an gabatar da maganin rigakafin cutar tarin fuka a Faransa, ya haifar da mummunar cutar tarin fuka a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata, ya haifar da mummunar cutar tarin fuka a
ya haifar da daya daga cikin mutuwar shida a Faransa