Determinants of tuberculin reactivity among health care workers: Interpretation of positivity following BCG vaccination

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-139

  Mckay, Andrew ^a   Kraut, Allen ^a,b,c,d   Murdzak, Carol ^d   Yassi, Annalee ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacille Calmette Guerin vaccination; Epidemiology; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032943308     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1999/749765     Document Type: Article

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