TUBERCULOSIS IN GURKHAS Is There a Greater Incidence in Those From East Nepal? MAJ
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Chest X-rays of 1057 potential Gurkha recruits from East Nepal and 964 from West Nepal were examined. Seventy-four X-rays from Eastern Nepalis showed changes suggestive of past or present tuberculosis (including 18 with calcified primary complexes) but only 34 (five with calcified primary complexes) from Western Nepalis suggesting that there is a higher tuberculosis infection rate in men from East Nepal, There was nevertheless no difference in the Heaf test gradings nor in the incidence of clinical tuberculosis between a regiment of Gurkha soldiers from East Nepal and one from West Nepal. The difference in tuberculosis rates between the two parts of the country seems to have no practic'1lI1 implicaltions for the Brigade of Gurkhas.
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Tuberculosis in Gurkhas. Is there a greater incidence in those from East Nepal?
Chest X-rays of 1057 potential Gurkha recruits from East Nepal and 964 from West Nepal were examined. Seventy-four X-rays from Eastern Nepalis showed changes suggestive of past or present tuberculosis (including 18 with calcified primary complexes) but only 34 (five with calcified primary complexes) from Western Nepalis suggesting that there is a higher tuberculosis infection rate in men from E...
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