Influence of Bacille Calmette-Guérin on tuberculin skin testing in Venezuelan Amerindians in high tuberculosis burden areas | Zendy

Mailis Maes | Zendy; Lilly M. Verhagen | Zendy; Dagmarys Ortega | Zendy; Gregório L Sánchez | Zendy; Yajaira Segovia | Zendy; Berenice del Nogal | Zendy; Jacobus H. de Waard | Zendy

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Influence of Bacille Calmette-Guérin on tuberculin skin testing in Venezuelan Amerindians in high tuberculosis burden areas

Author(s) -

Mailis Maes,

Lilly M. Verhagen,

Dagmarys Ortega,

Gregório L Sánchez,

Yajaira Segovia,

Berenice del Nogal,

Jacobus H. de Waard

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.3297

Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , tuberculosis , tuberculin , ethnic group , bcg vaccine , demography , immunology , pediatrics , pathology , sociology , anthropology

Extraordinarily high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence rates have been reported in Venezuelan Amerindians. Amerindian populations often live in geographically isolated villages where they receive little medical attention and live under precarious sanitary conditions. TB prevalence varies by ethnicity and geographic location and is generally higher in Amerindians than in non-indigenous (Creole) people.

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