Serial testing using interferon-c release assays in nursing students in India

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 257-260

  Zwerling, Alice ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^a   Michael, Joy Sarojini ^b   Christopher, Devasahayam J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LETTER; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE TEST; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TUBERCULIN TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903828776     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00011914     Document Type: Letter

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