Estimating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Using Interferon-γ Release Assay, Japan

We estimated the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) rate for foreign-born students at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, using an interferon-γ release assay. The LTBI rate for students from countries with estimated tuberculosis incidence >100 cases/100,000 persons was high (10.0%). Universities sho...

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Autores principales: Nishimura, Tomoyasu, Ota, Masaki, Mori, Masaaki, Hasegawa, Naoki, Kawabe, Hiroshi, Kato, Seiya
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334726
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.171948
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author Nishimura, Tomoyasu
Ota, Masaki
Mori, Masaaki
Hasegawa, Naoki
Kawabe, Hiroshi
Kato, Seiya
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description We estimated the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) rate for foreign-born students at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, using an interferon-γ release assay. The LTBI rate for students from countries with estimated tuberculosis incidence >100 cases/100,000 persons was high (10.0%). Universities should screen for LTBI in students from countries with high tuberculosis incidence.
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spelling pubmed-62000072018-11-08 Estimating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Using Interferon-γ Release Assay, Japan Nishimura, Tomoyasu Ota, Masaki Mori, Masaaki Hasegawa, Naoki Kawabe, Hiroshi Kato, Seiya Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We estimated the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) rate for foreign-born students at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, using an interferon-γ release assay. The LTBI rate for students from countries with estimated tuberculosis incidence >100 cases/100,000 persons was high (10.0%). Universities should screen for LTBI in students from countries with high tuberculosis incidence. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6200007/ /pubmed/30334726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.171948 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Nishimura, Tomoyasu
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Kawabe, Hiroshi
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Estimating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Using Interferon-γ Release Assay, Japan
title Estimating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Using Interferon-γ Release Assay, Japan
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title_fullStr Estimating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Using Interferon-γ Release Assay, Japan
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title_sort estimating latent tuberculosis infection using interferon-γ release assay, japan
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200007/
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