Density of tuberculin skin reaction and its association with tuberculosis infection as defined by dual tuberculin testing

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1060-1065

  Borgdorff, M W ^a   Egwaga, S M ^a   Muwinge, H ^a   Kalisvaart, N A ^a   Nagelkerke, N J D ^a  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Density; Dual testing; Infection; Tuberculin; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; TUBERCULIN TEST;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033757399     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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