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A tuberculin skin test survey among Ghanaian school children

BACKGROUND: Ghana has not conducted a national tuberculin survey or tuberculosis prevalence survey since the establishment of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme. The primary objective of this study was therefore to determine the prevalence of tuberculin skin sensitivity in Ghanaian school c...

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Autores principales:	Addo, Kennedy Kwasi, van den Hof, Susan, Mensah, Gloria Ivy, Hesse, Adukwei, Bonsu, Christian, Koram, Kwadwo Ansah, Afutu, Felix Kwami, Bonsu, Frank Adae
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2010
Materias:	Research article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2829002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20102620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-35

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