Monthly follow-ups of interferon-γ release assays among health-care workers in contact with patients with TB

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1461-1468

  Park, Jong Sun ^a   Lee, Ji Sun ^a   Kim, Min Young ^a   Lee, Chang Hoon ^b   Yoon, Ho Il ^a   Lee, Sang Min ^a   Yoo, Chul Gyu ^a   Kim, Young Whan ^a   Han, Sung Koo ^a   Yim, Jae Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84865849390     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-3299     Document Type: Article

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