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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2004 Jul;8(7):842–847.

Table 1.

Studies of multiple BCG vaccination on tuberculin skin test

Author Year Country Population Age, years Participants,
n
Sepulveda et al.11 1989 Chile Medical students 19 (mean) 208
Young et al.12 1992 Canada Canadian Indian children 1–15 701
Menzies et al.13 1992 Canada Schoolchildren, adults grade 6 & 10, 18–25 years 4 629
Ildirim et al.14 1995 Turkey Schoolchildren 6–12 3 548
Lao et al.15 1999 Philippines Schoolchildren 5 (mean) 284
Chee et al.16 2001 Singapore Schoolchildren 12,16 266 005
Kuyucu et al.17 2001 Turkey Schoolchildren 7–14 2 810
Bierrenbach et al.18 2003 Brazil Schoolchildren 14 1 148

BCG = bacille Calmette-Guérin.