tuberculin test
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The classical test for delayed hypersensitivity is the tuberculin test for tuberculosis, where bacterial proteins from M. tuberculosis are injected into the skin.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A positive tuberculin test means that the patient has been exposed to the bacteria and exhibits a cellular immune response to it.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
More than 80% of the cows of this county have been shown by the tuberculin test to be tuberculous, yet McHenry County supplies Chicago with most of its milk.
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They feel that the value of the tuberculin test has been exaggerated, that X rays and sputum tests are more important and more reliable.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is at this stage that the tuberculin test comes to the aid of the stockman.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings
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