Tuberculosis screening by tuberculosis skin test or QuantiFERON®-TB gold in-tube assay among an immigrant population with a high prevalence of tuberculosis and BCG vaccination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Painter, John A ^a   Graviss, Edward A ^b   Hai, Hoang Hoa ^c   Nhung, Duong Thi Cam ^c   Nga, Tran Thi Thanh ^c   Ha, Ngan P ^b   Wall, Kirsten ^d   Loan, Le Thien Huong ^c   Parker, Matt ^d   Manangan, Lilia ^e   O'Brien, Rick ^f   Maloney, Susan A ^g   Hoekstra, R M ^a   Reves, Randall ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^d DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BCG VACCINE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893201421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082727     Document Type: Article

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