Tuberculosis contact investigation with a new, specific blood test in a low-incidence population containing a high proportion of BCG-vaccinated persons

Respiratory Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Diel, Roland ^a   Nienhaus, Albert ^b   Lange, C ^c   Meywald Walter, Karen ^d   Forßbohm, Michael ^e   Schaberg, T ^f  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services   (Germany)

^c Research Center Borstel   (Germany)

^d Für die Behörde für Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Hamburg   (Germany)

^e Public Health Department Wiesbaden   (Germany)

^f Center of Pneumology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; EPITOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BIOASSAY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; BLOOD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BCG VACCINE; CONTACT TRACING; EPITOPES; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33745493627     PISSN: 1465993X     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-7-77     Document Type: Article

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