The tuberculin skin test in school going adolescents in South India: associations of socio-demographic and clinical characteristics with TST positivity and non-response

BACKGROUND: India has generally used 1 TU purified protein derivative (PPD) as opposed to 2 TU PPD globally, limiting comparisons. It is important to assess latent TB infection in adolescents given that they may be a target group for new post-exposure TB vaccines. The aim of this study is to describ...

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Publicado no:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: Uppada, Dharma Rao, Selvam, Sumithra, Jesuraj, Nelson, Bennett, Sean, Verver, Suzanne, Grewal, Harleen MS, Vaz, Mario
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: BioMed Central 2014
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4243729/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25927335
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0571-7
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