摘要:The frequent experience in the tropics of poor results of BCG vaccination is sometimes explained by a hypothetical interaction with ”non-specific” tuberculin sensitivity. However, samples of data from five tropical countries, reported in this paper, demonstrate a slight, positive correlation between the individual tuberculin allergy before and after vaccination. A negative correlation might have been expected had the ”non-specific” allergy been the cause of the poor vaccination results, and this particular hypothesis is therefore rejected. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (424K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 479 480 481 482