Screening travellers to high-endemic countries for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis using interferon gamma release assay; a prospective study

BACKGROUND: International travel from low-incidence to high-incidence countries for tuberculosis (TB) is regarded as a risk factor for acquiring TB infection. In this prospective study among long-term travellers we examined the incidence of TB infection using Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) te...

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Autores principales: Elfrink, Floor, van den Hoek, Anneke, Mensen, Marlies E, Sonder, Gerard JB
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4179847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25248372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-515

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4179847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25248372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-515

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