Tuberculosis progression rates in U.S. Immigrants following screening with interferon-gamma release assays
Abstract 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 a...
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Main Authors: | Robert J. Blount (Author), Minh-Chi Tran (Author), Charles K. Everett (Author), Adithya Cattamanchi (Author), John Z. Metcalfe (Author), Denise Connor (Author), Cecily R. Miller (Author), Jennifer Grinsdale (Author), Julie Higashi (Author), Payam Nahid (Author) |
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2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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