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Tuberculin Reactions of the Hong Kong Chinese, with special reference to the use of Tuberculo-Protein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

L. J. Davis  and
J. S. Guzdar
L. J. Davis
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong
J. S. Guzdar
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong
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1. The tuberculin reactions of 259 Hong Kong Chinese, mostly adults, were determined by the Mantoux method. Each individual was tested with various dilutions of both old tuberculin and tuberculo-protein.

2. Of 215 subjects above the age of twenty, 93·1 per cent, yielded positive reactions to old tuberculin in dilutions of 1/1000 or higher.

3. Tuberculo-protein compared with old tuberculin of similar dilutions did not yield such a high percentage of positive reactions, seldom produced such vigorous reactions and never caused vesiculation. (This may have been due to deterioration.)

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , May 1935 , pp. 300 - 302
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1935

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