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Table 3 Estimated TB case tallies and deaths in a birth cohort of 100,000, by ARI and BCG program decision (birth to age 14 years)

From: The benefits and risks of bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination among infants at high risk for both tuberculosis and severe combined immunodeficiency: assessment by Markov model

Outcome

1% ARI

0.1% ARI

 

No BCG

BCG

No BCG

BCG

Tuberculosis (all forms)

1571

610

160

60

Meningeal TB

44.7

6.4

4.5

0.6

Miliary TB

11.3

1.6

1.1

0.2

Neurological sequelae

13.0

2.0

1.0

0.2

TB-related deaths

7.3

1.1

0.7

0.1