Assessment of Post-Vaccination Tuberculin Sensitivity in Lagos - Nigeria

An increase in the number of cases of tuberculosis, especially in children, has been observed recently. Post-vaccination conversion rate in babies immunised with BCG was assessed. Sensitization was detected as early as 4 weeks after BCG inoculation. Although 84.2% had physical evidence of BCG inocul...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of epidemiology 1992-01, Vol.8 (1), p.128-131
Hauptverfasser:	Odujinrin, O. M. T., Ogunmekan, D. A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system BCG Vaccine - immunology Biological and medical sciences Brief Reports Children Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant, Newborn Infants Infectious diseases Inoculation Medical sciences Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nigeria - epidemiology Random Allocation Scars Sensitization Stock conversion ratios Tropical medicine Tuberculin Tuberculin - immunology Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - immunology Tuberculosis - prevention & control Vaccination
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Zusammenfassung:	An increase in the number of cases of tuberculosis, especially in children, has been observed recently. Post-vaccination conversion rate in babies immunised with BCG was assessed. Sensitization was detected as early as 4 weeks after BCG inoculation. Although 84.2% had physical evidence of BCG inoculation only 69.8% had developed detectable sensitization to the tubercle bacilli as shown by the Mantoux test.
ISSN:	0393-2990 1573-7284