BCG skin reaction in Mantoux-negative healthy children

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Singla, Mohit ^a   Sahai, Vaibhav ^b   Sodhi, Sukhbir ^c   Gupta, Rakesh Pal ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Himachal Dental College   (India)

^d Singla Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCAR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SKIN TEST;

BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 25444482155     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-19     Document Type: Article

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