Use of the T-SPOT.TB assay to screen latent tuberculosis infection among the TB contacts in Shanghai, China

Journal of Infection

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-48

  Hu, Yi ^a   Zhao, Qi ^a   Graviss, Edward A ^b   Jiang, Weili ^a   Yuan, Zhengan ^c   Xu, Biao ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Latent tuberculosis infection; Risk factors; Screening; T SPOT.TB; TB contacts

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; SPUTUM SMEAR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84861480422     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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