Effect of zinc on the tuberculin response of children exposed to adults with smear-positive tuberculosis

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-319

  Cuevas, L E ^a   Almeida, L M D ^c   Mazunder, P ^c   Paixao A C ^c   Silva, A M ^c   Maciel, L ^c   Hart, C A ^b   Coulter, J B S ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BCG VACCINE; PLACEBO; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN PPD RT 23 SSI 2 TU; ZINC SULFATE; ZINC SULFIDE;

TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INDURATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; ZINC;

EID: 0036932898     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249302125001967     Document Type: Article

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