Tuberculosis screening on a health science campus: Use of QuantiFERON-TB gold test for students and employees

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Veeser, Peggy Ingram ^a   Smith, Phillip Karl ^a   Handy, Barry ^a   Martin, Sharon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

College health; Health science students; QuantiFERON TB Gold; TB screening

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON TYPE II; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; TENNESSEE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 35548938613     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.56.2.175-180     Document Type: Article

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