A prospective longitudinal study evaluating a T-cell-based assay for latent tuberculosis infection in health-care workers in a general hospital in Beijing

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2039-2044

  Zhang, Li Fan ^a   Liu, Xiao Qing ^a   Zhang, Yao ^a   Deng, Guo Hua ^a   Manish, Pareek ^b   Ajit, Lalvani ^b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exposure; Follow up study; Latent tuberculosis infection; T spot.tb; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 84878744314     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20130355     Document Type: Article

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