Predictive Value of the Tuberculin Skin Test among Newly Arriving Immigrants

RATIONALE: Screening and treating newly arriving immigrants for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in low-incidence countries could be promising to reduce the tuberculosis incidence among this population. The effectiveness of screening with the tuberculin skin test (TST) is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To...

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Autores principales: Mulder, Christiaan, Mulleners, Brigit, Borgdorff, Martien W., van Leth, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23544128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060130

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23544128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060130

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