Analysis of tuberculosis infection among foreigners using QuantiFERON®TB-2G test

Kekkaku

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 515-521

  Higuchi, Kazue ^a,c   Harada, Nobuyuki ^a   Nagasaka, Yuji ^b   Mori, Toru ^a  

^a FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Suzuka Public Health Center   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foreigners; Prophylaxis; QuantiFERON TB 2G; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; STATISTICS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548170725     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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