Application and problems of quantiferon®for tuberculosis control programs -(1) tuberculosis outbreak in a cram school

Kekkaku

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Fukazawa, Keiji ^a  

^a Nakano Public Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Contact investigation; Cram school; QuantiFERON TB 2G; Tuberculosis outbreak

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SCHOOL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SCHOOLS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33947531171     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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