The effects of BCG immunization and human immunodeficiency virus infection on dual skin test reactions to purified protein derivative and Mycobacterium avium sensitin among adults in Zambia.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on March 01, 1999

Authors

R D Waddell1, C F von Reyn, K S Baboo, A Mwinga, C Chintu, A Zumla

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Disease Section, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hamshire 03756, USA.

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