The Lack of Association Between Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination and Clustering of Aboriginals with Tuberculosis in Western Canada
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem for Aboriginal people in Canada, with high rates of clustering of active TB cases. Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination has been used as a preventive measure against TB in this high-risk population.
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| author | Victoria J Cook Eduardo Hernández-Garduño Dennis Kunimoto Earl S Hershfield E Anne Fanning Vernon H Hoeppner R Kevin Elwood J Mark FitzGerald Canadian Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Study Group |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem for Aboriginal people in Canada, with high rates of clustering of active TB cases. Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination has been used as a preventive measure against TB in this high-risk population. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ac5f7537fa0f418da01bc6e64ae7f1642025-08-20T02:20:23ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412005-01-0112313413810.1155/2005/916404The Lack of Association Between Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination and Clustering of Aboriginals with Tuberculosis in Western CanadaVictoria J Cook0Eduardo Hernández-Garduño1Dennis Kunimoto2Earl S Hershfield3E Anne Fanning4Vernon H Hoeppner5R Kevin Elwood6J Mark FitzGerald7Canadian Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Study GroupDivision of TB Control, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, CanadaDivision of TB Control, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaDivision of TB Control, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem for Aboriginal people in Canada, with high rates of clustering of active TB cases. Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination has been used as a preventive measure against TB in this high-risk population.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/916404 |
| spellingShingle | Victoria J Cook Eduardo Hernández-Garduño Dennis Kunimoto Earl S Hershfield E Anne Fanning Vernon H Hoeppner R Kevin Elwood J Mark FitzGerald Canadian Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Study Group The Lack of Association Between Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination and Clustering of Aboriginals with Tuberculosis in Western Canada Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | The Lack of Association Between Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination and Clustering of Aboriginals with Tuberculosis in Western Canada |
| title_full | The Lack of Association Between Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination and Clustering of Aboriginals with Tuberculosis in Western Canada |
| title_fullStr | The Lack of Association Between Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination and Clustering of Aboriginals with Tuberculosis in Western Canada |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Lack of Association Between Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination and Clustering of Aboriginals with Tuberculosis in Western Canada |
| title_short | The Lack of Association Between Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination and Clustering of Aboriginals with Tuberculosis in Western Canada |
| title_sort | lack of association between bacille calmette guerin vaccination and clustering of aboriginals with tuberculosis in western canada |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/916404 |
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