Predictive values of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold testing in screening for tuberculosis disease in asylum seekers

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1209-1211

  Harstad, I ^a   Winje, B A ^b   Heldal, E ^b   Oftung, F ^b   Jacobsen, G W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

IGRA test; Latent tuberculosis; Predictive values; QFT G; Refugee

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFUGEES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956569925     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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