Contact investigation in a primary school using a whole blood interferon-gamma assay

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 352-357

  Higuchi, Kazue ^a   Kondo, Shuji ^b   Wada, Masako ^a   Hayashi, Sawako ^b   Ootsuka, Gorou ^b   Sakamoto, Noboru ^b   Harada, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^b Bureau of Health and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Contact investigation; QuantiFERON TB Gold; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SCHOOLS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 67349256121     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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