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Serial IGRA testing of trainees in the healthcare sector in a country with low incidence for tuberculosis – a prospective cohort study

Background: Healthcare workers (HCW) are a risk group for tuberculosis (TB). That is why interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) serial testing is performed on HCWs repeatedly exposed to infectious patients or materials. However, the variability of IGRA in serial testing is not yet well understood. We...

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Autores principales: Schablon, Anja, Peters, Claudia, Diel, Roland, Diner, Genia, Anske, Ute, Pankow, Wulf, Ringshausen, Felix C., Nienhaus, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3857277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24327943
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000217