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DOES MALNUTRITION AFFECT TUBERCULIN HYPERSENSITIVITY
REACTION IN THE COMMUNITY |
KT Ganapathy, AK Chakraborty: Indian J Pediatrics
1982, 49, 377-82 |
Distribution of tuberculin test indurations were
studied in relation to nutritional status of 930 rural children
aged 1-4 years and 796 aged 5-9 years. Using Quetlet's Index, it
has been observed that the distribution of indurations were similar
in normal and malnourished children. By following Jelliffe's criteria
of grading nutrition, no correlation was observed between the size
of induration and degree of malnutrition. It is concluded that malnutrition
in the community may not influence the prevalence rates of tuberculin
infection based on such testing.
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KEY WORDS: MALNUTRITION, TUBERCULIN REACTION,
COMMUNITY. |