Tuberculosis diagnosis by BCG inoculation tuberculin tests can be affected. In general the US approach is likely to result in more false positives and more unnecessary treatment with potentially toxic drugs; the UK approach is as sensitive in theory and should also be more specific, because of the use of interferon-γ tests. Under the US recommendations, diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is considered for any BCG-vaccinated person whose skin test is 10 mm or greater, if any of these circumstances are present: These have been reviewed in detail. In 2007, a systematic review of adenosine deaminase by the NHS
Inoculation the sprouts", an idea of transplanting the disease which fit their conception of beansprouts in germination. Needham quotes an account from Zhang Yan's "Zhongdou xinshu" (種痘新書), or "New book on smallpox inoculation", written in 1741 during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), which shows how the Chinese process had become refined up until that point: Two reports on the Chinese practice were received by the Royal Society in London in 1700; one by Dr. Martin Lister who received a report by an employee of the East India Company stationed in China and another by Clopton Havers. But no action was taken. According