The distribution of tuberculin reaction among children at school entry in Madaba, Jordan
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Abstract
The present study reports the results of a tuberculin test survey of a representative sample of BCG unvaccinated children at school entry age in the Madaba district in Jordan in 1991-92. Preschool household contacts of positive schoolchildren and a 5% random sample of negative schoolchildren were also screened by the same test. Three out of the 746 children screened by the initial school survey were found to be positive giving a prevalence rate of 0.4%. The overall prevalence rate of infection among preschool contacts was found to be 10.1% [28.6% among the contacts of the positive schoolchildren compared to 8.1% among contacts of the negative children]
Citation
Hussein, Seif El Din S. & Yaccub, Alim A.H. (1996). The distribution of tuberculin reaction among children at school entry in Madaba, Jordan. EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2 (1), 135-140, 1996, https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/119017
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EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2 (1), 135-140, 1996
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135-140
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1020-3397
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http://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/0201/emhj_1996_2_1_135_140.pdf
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English