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Tuberculosis
Research on tuberculosis reported by E.G. Teixeira et al
February 4th, 2009
According to a study from Botafogo, Brazil, "Five medical schools in three cities in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with different tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates. To evaluate the prevalence of the booster phenomenon and its associated factors in a voting universally BCG-vaccinated TB-exposed population." "A two-step tuberculin skin test (TST) was performed among undergraduate medical students. Boosting was defined as an induration >= 10 mm in the second TST (TST2), with an increase of at least 6 mm over the first TST (TST1). The association of boosting with independent variables was evaluated using multivariate analysis. Of the 764 participants (mean age 21.9 +/-...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-02-04)
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