The prevalence of tuberculin skin test positivity and the effect of BCG vaccinations on tuberculin induration size in the eastern mediterranean region of Turkey;Kahramanmaraş il merkezinde tüberkülin deri testi pozitifliǧi prevalansı ve BCG aşılamasının tüberkülin deri testi endürasyonu üzerine etkisi

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 711-718

  Kazanci, Ferda ^a   Güler, Ekrem ^a   Eren Daǧli, Canan ^a   Garipardiç, Mesut ^a   Davutoǧlu, Mehmet ^a   Ispiroǧlu, Esen ^a   Ekerbiçer, Hasan Çetin ^a   Karabiber, Hamza ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacillus calmette guerin vaccination; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE INDURATION; INJECTION SITE SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; SUBURBAN AREA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 79960779036     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1008-1030     Document Type: Article

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