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Tuberculosis progression rates in U.S. Immigrants following screening with interferon-gamma release assays
BACKGROUND: Interferon-gamma release assays may be used as an alternative to the tuberculin skin test for detection of M. tuberculosis infection. However, the risk of active tuberculosis disease following screening using interferon-gamma release assays in immigrants is not well defined. To address t...
Autores principales: | Blount, Robert J., Tran, Minh-Chi, Everett, Charles K., Cattamanchi, Adithya, Metcalfe, John Z., Connor, Denise, Miller, Cecily R., Grinsdale, Jennifer, Higashi, Julie, Nahid, Payam |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27558397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3519-6 |
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