Latent infection treatment to prevent TB transmission in school settings

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 525-526

  Lee, Pin Hui ^a   Chang, Feng Yee ^a  

^a Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BCG; LTBI; TB; TST

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BCG VACCINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELDERLY CARE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM CARE; SCHOOL; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; SCHOOLS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84867900727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.09.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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