| pubmed-article:17263162 | pubmed:abstractText | In Tuscany, Tuberculosis incidence is more than triplicate from 1982 to the beginning of the third millennium. The impact of this trend on open population is not known, as updated studies on Tuberculosis prevalence are not available. Tuberculin skin test provides the currently most widely used tool for assessing Tuberculosis transmission in a community and the prevalence of infection as well. The objective of this investigation was the evaluation of tuberculin index by means of the Mantoux test in adolescents eighteen-years old. | lld:pubmed |
