Pereira, SM; Dourado, I; Barreto, ML; Cunha, SS; Ichiara, MY; Hijjar, MA; Goes, JC; Rodrigues, LC; (2001) Sensitivity and specificity of BCG scar reading in Brazil. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease, 5 (11). pp. 1067-1070. ISSN 1027-3719 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/16524
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Abstract
In a cross sectional survey within a community trial of BCG efficacy evaluation in Brazil, trained teams inspected children's upper arms and obtained information on BCG vaccination from guardian letters and vaccination cards. Nurses re-examined the sub-sample of children blindly. High agreement was found between the two scar readings (Kappa = 0.839). High sensitivity and low specificity was observed when guardian or card information was the gold standard. Sensitivity remained high when guardian and card information agreed. When disagreement occurred, sensitivity remained high and specificity was very low. BCG scar is a good indicator of BCG vaccination.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | validation, sensitivity, specificity, BCG vaccine, BCG scar, BCG Vaccine, immunology, Child, Cicatrix, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Human, Medical Records, Sensitivity and Specificity, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Treatment Outcome, Tuberculosis, immunology, prevention & control |
| Faculty and Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
| Research Centre | Centre for Global Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) |
| PubMed ID | 11716343 |
| ISI | 172014700013 |
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