Assessment of post-vaccination tuberculin sensitivity in Lagos-Nigeria. |
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| Authors: | O M Odujinrin D A Ogunmekan |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Community Health College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria. |
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| 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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