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School based screening for tuberculosis infection in Norway: comparison of positive tuberculin skin test with interferon-gamma release assay

BACKGROUND: In Norway, screening for tuberculosis infection by tuberculin skin test (TST) has been offered for several decades to all children in 9th grade of school, prior to BCG-vaccination. The incidence of tuberculosis in Norway is low and infection with M. tuberculosis is considered rare. Quant...

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Autores principales:	Winje, Brita Askeland, Oftung, Fredrik, Korsvold, Gro Ellen, Mannsåker, Turid, Ly, Ingvild Nesthus, Harstad, Ingunn, Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Margarita, Heldal, Einar
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2008
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2576307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18928541 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-140

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