Delayed hypersensitivity to PPD-S following BCG vaccination in African children--an 18-month field study

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Abstract
BCG vaccine given to young Gambian children produced a conversion rate, measured by delayed hypersensitivity to PPD-S, which increased with improving nutritional status. Retesting when nutrition had improved showed a considerable loss of delayed hypersensitivity in all nutritional groups. This may b …
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Journal transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Year 1977
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/888171
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE Gambia humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine Child Infant preschool hypersensitivity nutrition disorders / immunology* pmid:888171 doi:10.1016/0035-9203(77)90019-0 b heyworth bcg vaccine* delayed* tuberculin test

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