Follow-up study of tuberculosis-exposed supermarket customers with negative tuberculin skin test results in association with positive gamma interferon release assay results

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1239-1241

  Franken, Willeke P J ^a   Koster, Ben F P J ^b   Bossink, Ailko W J ^d   Thijsen, Steven F T ^c   Bouwman, John J M ^c   Van Dissel, Jaap T ^a   Arend, Sandra M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Authority   (Netherlands)

^c Diakonessenhuis   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34948843664     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00185-07     Document Type: Article

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