Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated healthcare workers by using an interferon-gamma release assay and the tuberculin skin test in an intermediate tuberculosis burden country-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated healthcare workers by using an interferon-gamma release assay and the tuberculin skin test in an intermediate tuberculosis burden country

Published:2015-04 Issue:2 Volume:48 Page:147-152
ISSN:1684-1182
Container-title:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Author:

Hung Wan-Ting,Lee Susan Shin-Jung,Sy Cheng-Len,Wu Kuang-Sheng,Chen Jui-Kuang,Tsai Hung-Chin,Chen Yao-Shen

Funder

Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital

National Health Research Institute, Department of Health, Taiwan

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Immunology and Microbiology,General Medicine,Immunology and Allergy

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