Tuberculin hypersensitivity following BCG vaccination in Brisbane school children.
Seven hundred and fifty Brisbane school children were tuberculin tested, in paired groups, with purified protein derivatives of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, bovis, BCG and avium. Reaction to avian PPD were stronger than to any of the others used. This finding may be of some importance in interpreting the variation in protection afforded by BCG vaccination.
D000293:Adolescent; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001315:Australia; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D006801:Humans; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000276:immunology; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D014374:Tuberculin Test
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001500:BCG Vaccine