Specificity of the tuberculin skin test and the T-SPOT. TB assay among students in a low-tuberculosis incidence setting

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-96

  Talbot, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Harland, Dawn ^c   Wieland Alter, Wendy ^a   Burrer, Sherry ^d,e   Adams, Lisa V ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Health and Human Services ^*  (United States)

^c Dartmouth College Health Service   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

interferon release assay; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; student health; tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNIVERSITY;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84856328867     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2011.580029     Document Type: Article

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