Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637

Kala-azar. A handbook for students and practitioners

By Everard L. Napier, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Lond.). In charge Kala-azar research, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. Second edition. 185 pages of text with 15 charts in the text, 18 plates, and an appendix of references to literature, author index and subject index. Oxford University Press. London, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, 1927

Author: Paul A. Schule
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Histoplasmin, Tuberculin, and Coccidioidin Skin Sensitivity in Liberian Aborigines

S. Warren Seides, Lawrence R. Boies Jr., and Stephen E. Malawista
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1959.8.37
Volume/Issue:
Volume 8: Issue 1
Page(s):
37–40
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Summary

  1. 1.The incidence of skin sensitivity to histoplasmin among 712 working Liberian males was found to be 18.1 per cent and among 66 school children 3.0 per cent. Of the tested population 4.4 per cent showed positive reactions at only one of the two readings taken. Distribution of reactivity among 16 Liberian tribes is presented.
  2. 2.The incidence of positive tuberculin tests among 1,031 working Liberian males was 74.7 per cent, and among 248 school children 38.3 per cent. Of the total tested population 6.6 per cent reacted positively at only one reading. There was no significant cross reactivity between the histoplasmin and tuberculin agents used.
  3. 3.The incidence of positive skin tests to coccidioidin in 733 subjects was 1.2 per cent.
Published Online:
Jan 1959
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