Serial testing of Malaysian health care workers with QuantiFERON®-TB gold in-tube

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-168

  Rafiza, S ^a   Rampal, K G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b PERDANA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Conversion; Epidemiology; LTBI; Occupational; Reversion

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84855694120     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0364     Document Type: Article

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