The presence of a booster phenomenon among contacts of active pulmonary tuberculosis cases: a retrospective cohort

BACKGROUND: Assuming a higher risk of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection in the population of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in October of 1998 the TB Control Program of Clementino Fraga Filho Hospital (CFFH) routinely started to recommend a two-step tuberculin skin test (TST) in contacts of pulmonary TB c...

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Autores principales: Salles, Cristiane G, Ruffino-Netto, Antonio, Lapa-e-Silva, Jose R, Kritski, Afranio L, Cailleaux-Cesar, Michelle, Queiroz-Mello, Fernanda C, Conde, Marcus B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17371600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-38

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17371600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-38

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