The effect of bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination at birth on tuberculin skin test reactivity in Ugandan children

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 891-895

  Mudido, P Musoke ^a   Guwatudde, D ^a   Nakakeeto, M K ^a   Bukenya, G B ^a   Nsamba, D ^a   Johnson, J L ^b   Mugerwa, R D ^a   Ellner, J J ^b   Whalen, C C ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BCG; Children; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; TUBERCULIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BIRTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BCG VACCINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA;

EID: 13044258872     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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