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Table 2 Frequency of BCG scars

From: Relation between BCG vaccine scar and an interferon-gamma release assay in immigrant children with “positive” tuberculin skin test (≥10 mm)

 

Number with scar/total number from this region

Proportion with scar

Somalia

193/349

55 %

Middle East + North Africa

140/190

74 %

Rest of Africa

57/99

58 %

South East Asia

40/49

82 %

Europe

41/50

82 %

China + Taiwan + Mongolia

9/11

82 %

India + Nepal

5/7

71 %

South America

7/7

100 %

  1. Numbers and proportions of children with BCG scar from different parts of the world