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Can BCG-vaccinated children be included in tuberculin surveys to estimate the annual risk of tuberculous infection in India?

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2004

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V K Chadha, P S Jagannatha, P. Kumar
PubMed

Abstract

Tuberculin surveys may be conducted irrespective of BCG scar status among children aged 5-9 years, when BCG vaccination is given using Danish 1331 strain during infancy under the Expanded Program of Immunization.