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. 1992 Jan;8(1):128-31.
doi: 10.1007/BF03334987.

Assessment of post-vaccination tuberculin sensitivity in Lagos-Nigeria

O M Odujinrin  1 , D A Ogunmekan
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Assessment of post-vaccination tuberculin sensitivity in Lagos-Nigeria

O M Odujinrin et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 1992 Jan.

Abstract

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.

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