Mushonga weBCG wakatanga kushandiswa kuvanhu muna 1921 muFrance, asi wakawana kugamuchirwa kwakapararira muUS, Great Britain, neGermany chete mushure meHondo Yenyika II. Tuberculosis yakakonzera kushushikana kwakapararira kuruzhinji muzana remakore rechi 19 uye kutanga kwezana ramakore rechi 20 sezvo chirwere ichi chakave chakajairika pakati pevarombo vemumaguta. Muna 1815 mumwe muvana vakafa muEngland aive nekuda kwe "kushandiswa". Pakazosvika 1918, TB yakanga ichiri kukonzera mumwe muvanhu vatanhatu vakafa muFrance. Mushure mekunge TB yave yakatemerwa kuve inotapukira, muma1800, yakaiswa pane runyorwa rwechirwere chebasa risingazivikanwe muBritain; mishandirapamwe yemishonga yemishonga yakatanga kumisa bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Mushonga weBCG wakatanga kushandiswa kuvanhu muna 1921 muFrance, asi wakawana kugamuchirwa kwakapararira muUS, Great Britain, neGermany chete mushure meHondo Yenyika II.
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