Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in health care workers in rural India: comparison of a whole-blood interferon gamma assay with tuberculin skin testing

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in health care workers has not been adequately studied in developing countries using newer diagnostic tests. To estimate latent tuberculosis infection prevalence in health care workers using the tuberculin skin test (TST) and a whole-blood interferon gamma (IFN-g...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 293; no. 22; p. 2746
Main Authors:	Pai, Madhukar, Gokhale, Kaustubh, Joshi, Rajnish, Dogra, Sandeep, Kalantri, Shriprakash, Mendiratta, Deepak K, Narang, Pratibha, Daley, Charles L, Granich, Reuben M, Mazurek, Gerald H, Reingold, Arthur L, Riley, Lee W, Colford, Jr, John M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 08.06.2005
Subjects:	Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Developing Countries Female Health Personnel Humans India - epidemiology Interferon-gamma - immunology Male Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Mycobacterium tuberculosis - physiology Prevalence Risk Factors Rural Population Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Virus Latency India
ISSN:	1538-3598, 1538-3598
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