The effect of BCG vaccination on tuberculin reactivity and the booster effect among hospital employees

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1760-1765

  Moreno, Santiago ^a,b   Blázquez, Rosa ^a   Novoa, Abel ^a   Carpena, Isabel ^a   Menasalvas, Ana ^a   Ramírez, Cristóbal ^a   Guerrero, Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034922578     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.14.1760     Document Type: Article

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