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Department of Pediatricis, Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq

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• Research Article   
  TB prevalence and BCG Vaccinations Correlations to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
  Author(s): Tareef Fadhil Raham*
  
  Background: This study aims to examine the influence of BCG status and TB prevalence on variances among countries regarding the new Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). Material and methods: We chose all countries which report MIS-C till 23/6/2020. The number of MIS-C cases for each 10 million inhabitants has been examined among 3 categories of countries classified according to BCG program status. TB prevalence, MIS-C no./10 million (M) population and COVID-19 deaths/M are taken as markers. Receiver Operation Characteristic-(ROC) curve, with some relative indicators such as (sensitivity and specificity rates), estimation area of the trade-off between sensitivity and specificity, and cutoff points were used with different studied markers for discriminating different three pairs of countries (which have differ.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0870.21.11.465

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