The distribution of tuberculin reaction among children at school entry in Madaba, Jordan
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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]
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Vol 64
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pp. 105-110
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Vol 27
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pp. 211-233
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Vol 45
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pp. 407-438
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Vol 36
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pp. 578-599
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Vol 157
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pp. 989-994.e1
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