Neonatal BCG vaccine and response to the tuberculin test in BCG vaccinated children in contact with tuberculosis patients in Recife, Brazil

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-36

  Militão de Albuquerque, Maria de Fatima P ^a,b,d   de A Ximenes, Ricardo A ^b,c   Campelo, Antônio Roberto L ^b   Sarinho, Emanuel ^b   Cruz, Marta ^b   Filho, Vamberto Maia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCAR FORMATION; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 1242264427     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.1.32     Document Type: Article

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