Tuberculin Sensitivity in Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland, 1952-55
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THE remarkable scarcity of new cases of tuberculosis throughout Britain during the past four or five years, has in Northern Ireland been most pronounced in country districts. County Fermanagh is one of these districts in which a very low tuberculin reactor rate has already been recorded (Warmington, 1952). In the period of falling incidence a corresponding reduction in the numbers tuberculin positive would be expected, and of this the present survey is a record. The groups studied are the same as in the 1949-51 survey, namely:
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Ulster Medical Journal
دوره 27 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1958