Heaf test results after neonatal BCG.
Heaf testing was carried out on 98 preschool Asian children who had received a BCG vaccination. A strongly positive Heaf reaction (grade 3) occurred in only two children. Heaf testing can still be used in tuberculosis screening after neonatal BCG.
Crawshaw
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Community Child Health Department, Derby.
Thomson
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D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007277:Injections, Jet; D008297:Male; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology*
D001500:BCG Vaccine