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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...
Autores principales: | Mulder, Christiaan, Mulleners, Brigit, Borgdorff, Martien W., van Leth, Frank |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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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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