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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Evidence of Previous Infection with Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare Complex among Healthy Subjects: An International Study of Dominant Mycobacterial Skin Test Reactions
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 168, No. 6, Year 1993
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Skin tests with 0.1 mL of intermediate-strength Mycobacterium tuberculosis purified protein derivative (PPD) and 0.1 mL of Mycobacterium avium sensitin were conducted on 484 healthy subjects from diverse geographic sites. Reactions of ⩾5 mm to one antigen that exceeded the reaction to the other by ⩾3 mm were considered M. avium- or PPD-dominant. PPD-dominant reactions were more frequent at sites where routine Bacille Calmette-Guérin immunization is done or where there are high rates of tuberculosis: New Hampshire, 2%; Boston, 7%; Finland, 14%; Trinidad, 26%; and Kenya, 28%. However, rates of M. avium-dominant reactions ranged from 7% to 12% at all sites. Analysis of dominant reactions based on a more stringent 10-mm minimum reaction size showed similar trends. These data suggest that exposure to MAC is similar in developed and developing countries but that broad mycobacterial immunity is greater in developing countries and may contribute to the lower rates of disseminated MAC infections in AIDS in these areas. © 1993 by The University of Chicago.
Authors & Co-Authors
von Reyn, Charles Fordham
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Barber, Thomas W.
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Arbeit, Robert D.
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Sox, Carol H.
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
O'Connor, Gerald T.
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Brindle, R. J.
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Gilks, Charles F.
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Hakkarainen, Kati
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
Ranki, Annamari
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
Bartholomew, Courtenay
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
Edwards, Jeffrey
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
Tosteson, Anna N.A.
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Magnusson, Mogens
United States, Lebanon
Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center
von Reyn, C. Fordham
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Hakkarainen, Kati
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Ranki, Annamari M.
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Bartholomew, Courtenay
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Edwards, Jeffrey
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Magnusson, Mogens
United States, Boston
Boston Medical Center
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
von Reyn, C. Fordham
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Edwards, Jeffrey
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
von Reyn, C. Fordham
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Brindle, Richard J.
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
Edwards, Jeffrey
Finland, Tampere
Tampere University
von Reyn, C. Fordham
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Edwards, Jeffrey
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Edwards, Jeffrey
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
Statistics
Citations: 71
Authors: 27
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/infdis/168.6.1553
ISSN:
00221899
e-ISSN:
15376613
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Kenya