Tuberculin reactivity of children vaccinated at different age with BCG vaccines in preschool period ; Skirtingu laiku BCG vakcinomis skiepytų vaikų tuberkulino reakcijos ikimokykliniu laikotarpiu

Elena Sučilienė TUBERCULIN REACTIVITY OF CHILDREN VACCINATED AT DIFFERENT AGE WITH BCG VACCINES IN PRESCHOOL PERIOD SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION Biomedical sciences, Medicine (07 B) 1 VILNIUS UNIVERSITY Elena Sučilienė TUBERCULIN REACTIVITY OF CHILDREN VACCINATED AT DIFFERENT AGE WITH BCG VACCINES IN PRESCOOL PERIOD Summary of doctoral dissertation Biomedical sciences, Medicine (07 B) Vilnius 2010 2 The dissertation was prepared in 1994 – 2010 at Clinic of Children’s Diseases of Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Arūnas Valiulis (Vilnius University, biomedical sciences, medicine – 07 B) Dissertation is being defended at Medical Research Council of Vilnius University under equivalency Chairman: Prof. Dr. Habil. Vytautas Usonis (Vilnius University, biomedical sciences, medicine – 07 B) Members: Prof. Dr. Habil. Brigita Šitkauskienė (Kaunas University of Medicine, biomedical sciences, medicine – 07 B) Dr. Augustina Jankauskienė (Vilnius University, biomedical sciences, medicine – 07 B) Prof. Dr. Habil. Vytas Antanas Tamošiūnas (State Scientific Research Institute, Centre for Innovative Medicine, biomedical sciences, biology – 01B) Assoc. prof. Dr. Habil. Edvarda Danila (Vilnius University, biomedical sciences, medicine – 07 B) Opponents: Assoc. prof. Dr.