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The Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) Is Affected by Recent BCG Vaccination but Not by Exposure to Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM) during Early Life
The tuberculin skin test (TST) is widely used in TB clinics to aid Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) diagnosis, but the definition and the significance of a positive test in very young children is still unclear. This study compared the TST in Gambian children at 4½ months of age who either received...
Autores principales: | Burl, Sarah, Adetifa, Uche J., Cox, Momodou, Touray, Ebrima, Whittle, Hilton, McShane, Helen, Rowland-Jones, Sarah L., Flanagan, Katie L. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2924396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20808814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012287 |
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