Screening for latent tuberculosis infection among undocumented immigrants in Swiss healthcare centres; a descriptive exploratory study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bodenmann, Patrick ^a   Vaucher, Paul ^a   Wolff, Hans ^b   Favrat, Bernard ^a   de Tribolet, Fanny ^c   Masserey, Eric ^d   Zellweger, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Vulnerable Population Urban Healthcare Centre   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Public Health ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; BLOOD; HEALTH CENTER; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 64849086655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-34     Document Type: Article

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