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Heaf test results after neonatal BCG.
  1. P A Crawshaw,
  2. A H Thomson
  1. Community Child Health Department, Derby.

    Abstract

    Heaf testing was carried out on 98 preschool Asian children who had received a BCG vaccination. A strongly positive Heaf reaction (grade 3) occurred in only two children. Heaf testing can still be used in tuberculosis screening after neonatal BCG.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.63.12.1490

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