Inconsistency of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test and Tuberculin Skin Test Results in the Evaluation of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Inconsistency of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test and Tuberculin Skin Test Results in the Evaluation of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers

Published:2021-10 Issue:4 Volume:36 Page:204-209
ISSN:0891-4168
Container-title:Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virology
language:en
Short-container-title:Mol. Genet. Microbiol. Virol.

Author:

Bagheri Zahra,Yaghoubi Atieh,Sabet Faezeh,Meshkat Zahra,Ghazvini Kiarash,Rezaee Seyed Abdolrahim,Aryan Ehsan,Soleimanpour Saman,Shamsian Seyed Aliakbar

Publisher

Allerton Press

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Virology,Genetics,Molecular Biology,Microbiology

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3103/S0891416821040030.pdf

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