Mantoux test reactions among children managed for tuberculosis in Maiduguri, Nigeria

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-18

  Gofama, Mustapha Modu ^a   Garba, Ashir Mohammed ^a   Mohammed, Alhaji Arab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78650264657     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.515606     Document Type: Article

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