QuantiFERON-TB testing for latent tuberculosis infection in low-prevalence countries: Making the most of an imperfect process

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1055-

  Schneider, William J ^a,b   Brown, Arthur E ^a,b   Eisenstein, Cynthia ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 80053145028     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662022     Document Type: Article

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