Screening for mycobacterium tuberculosis using an interferon-gamma release assay

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Simpson, Terri ^a   Fox, Joyce ^b   Crouse, Karen ^b   Field, Kimberly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Spokane Regional Health District   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

health screening; infection control; interferon gamma release assay; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84861800923     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31822adef1     Document Type: Article

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