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Table 3 Different criteria for estimating prevalence of infection.

From: Analysis of latent tuberculosis and mycobacterium avium infection data using mixture models

 

Tuberculin (0.1 ml 2TU-RT23)

Sensitin (0.1 ml RS-10 M avium)

 

{ø ≥ 10 mm} *

{ø ≥ 14 mm} × 1.22†

{ø = 17 mm}+2 × {ø ≥ 18 mm} (Mirror method)‡

{ø ≥ 12 mm}§

Unvaccinated

1.43%

0.87%

0.71%

4.35%

BCG-vaccinated

7.63%

3.05%

1.55%

5.29%

Overall

6.97%

2.82%

1.46%

5.20%

  1. *Bosman et al. (1998) (14).
  2. †Salaniponi (2004) (24).
  3. ‡Styblo (1992) (23) and Bosman et al (1998) (24).
  4. §Palmer and Edwards (1958) (13).
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