KROK 1 2019 – Question 150 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
First-year schoolchildren have received tuberculin skin test (Mantoux test) at the school nurse’s office. The purpose of this test was:
- A. To detect parotitis in the schoolchildren
- B. To determine the children that need to receive BCG vaccination
- C. To measure immunity stress due to diphtheria
- D. To measure allergization rate against rickettsia
- E. To preventively vaccinate against tuberculosis
Hint
Think about which kind of immune response a tuberculin skin reaction measures and how the result is used in public health planning for a school class.
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