Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among participants of the national LTBI screening program in South Korea - A problem of low coverage rate with current LTBI strategy
BackgroundThe Government of South Korea launched a national preemptive latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening program in 2016, including more than 1. 6 million population in congregate settings. The objective of this study was to analyze LTBI prevalence and its risk factors in each setting....
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Main Authors: | Hyung Woo Kim (Author), Jinsoo Min (Author), Joon Young Choi (Author), Ah Young Shin (Author), Jun-Pyo Myong (Author), Yunhee Lee (Author), Hyeon Woo Yim (Author), Hyunsuk Jeong (Author), Sanghyuk Bae (Author), Hoyong Choi (Author), Hyekyung In (Author), Ahyoung Park (Author), Miri Jang (Author), Hyeon-Kyoung Koo (Author), Sung-Soon Lee (Author), Jae Seuk Park (Author), Ju Sang Kim (Author) |
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