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Variation in vulnerability to tuberculosis in America today: random, or legacies of different ancestral epidemics?
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Sept 2001
Stead W W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that vulnerability to infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the norm for mankind but innate resistance to the infection is common in the USA today as a legacy of TB epidemics survived by one's ancestors. MEASUREMENTS: A reaction of 10 mm or more to a tuberculin skin test (TST) was used to determine the prevalence of infection following community outbreaks of the disease. For...
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