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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Even before the onset of the HIV epidemic, studies reported large variations in the protective effect of BCG against TB. The current HIV/AIDS epidemic has increased the incidence of tuberculosis in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, local estimates of the effectiveness of BCG are needed which take prevalence of HIV into account for planning strategies for vaccination and TB control programmes. A case control study was conducted in Lusaka, Zambia. The study included 116 TB cases and 154 hospital controls. Eighty-eight per cent of controls had BCG scars compared to 77 per cent of the cases. BCG was not associated with TB in HIV positive children (OR 1.0, 95 per cent CI 0.2, 4.6). However, there was 59 per cent protective effect (OR 0.41, 95 per cent CI 0.18, 0.92) in HIV negative children. The results also suggest an eight times higher risk of TB in HIV positive children.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0142-6338
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-BCG Vaccine, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Child Welfare, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-HIV Seropositivity, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Health Promotion, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Mycobacterium bovis, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Tuberculosis, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Vaccination, pubmed-meshheading:8411315-Zambia
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
HIV, BCG and TB in children: a case control study in Lusaka, Zambia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't