BCG, tuberculin surveys & annual rate of tuberculosis infection in south India [1]

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-98

  John, T Jacob ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS REACTION; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33947148710     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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