Are non-specific reactions to tuberculin common?
Three thousand four hundred eighty-five BCG scar negative school children were given tuberculin test. Results showed very little non-specific reactions, suggesting BCG should produce high levels of protection in our population.
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PMRC Research Centre, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000276:immunology*; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control; D014611:Vaccination
D001500:BCG Vaccine; D014373:Tuberculin