01836nas a2200421   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653002400070653001600094653001000110653002100120653001100141653001100152653001000163653001200173653000900185653003100194653001800225653002600243653002000269653001700289653001600306100001700322700001500339700001700354700001600371700001200387700001300399700001300412700001300425245011100438300001000549490000700559050001700566520081700583022001401400       1988                            d  c1988 Dec10aAdolescent10aAntigens, Bacterial10aBCG Vaccine10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aMycobacterium tuberculosis10aPoverty Areas10aSocioeconomic Factors10aTuberculin Test10aTuberculosis10aVaccination1 aStanford J L1 aGanapati R1 aRevankar C R1 aLockwood DN1 aPrice J1 aAshton P1 aAshton L1 aRees R J00aSensitisation by mycobacteria and the effects of BCG on children attending schools in the slums of Bombay.  a293-80 v69  aSTANFORD19883 a<p>Quadruple skin testing with new tuberculins was used to evaluate the effects of previously administered BCG Madras in children attending schools in the slums, or living in Kopri Leprosy Colony in Bombay. There were differences between schools both in the level of sensitisation of children without BCG scars and in the effects of BCG vaccination. Results obtained at one school resembled those obtained in a previous study in Agra, where BCG was thought to be ineffective. Results from the other schools and Kopri were more like those previously reported from Ahmednagar, where BCG was considered to be much more effective. Thus within the same city groups of children of the same social status may vary widely both in their contact with mycobacteria and in their capacity to benefit from BCG vaccination.</p>  a0041-3879