"Neonatal BCG - Impact on Childhood TB and Tuberculin Sensitivity in TB Contact Tracing: The Irish Experience."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 1995 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, held May 20-24, 1995, in Seattle, Washington, "The efficacy and scheduling of BCG and its potential to interfere with the interpretation of the tuberculin test as a screening tool are debated. This study examines both the impact of neonatal BCG on the incidence of childhood TB at the population level, and the relationship of BCG status to tuberculin sensitivity in TB contacts. Firstly, national data on hospital admissions between 198149 were used to as an indicator of the local impact of neonatal BCG. Counties without neonatal BCG include 26% of the total population...

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