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Two-Step Tuberculin Skin Testing in School-Going Adolescents with Initial 0-4 Millimeter Responses in a High Tuberculosis Prevalence Setting in South India
BACKGROUND: The utility of two-step tuberculin skin testing among adolescents in high tuberculosis prevalence settings is not well established. OBJECTIVES: To determine the proportion and determinants of a 0-4 mm response to an initial standard tuberculin skin test (TST) and evaluating 'boostin...
Autores principales: | Murthy, Maitreyi, Selvam, Sumithra, Jesuraj, Nelson, Bennett, Sean, Doherty, Mark, Grewal, Harleen M. S., Vaz, Mario |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071470 |
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