Incident Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in household contacts of infectious tuberculosis patients in Brazil

Abstract Background In household contact investigations of tuberculosis (TB), a second tuberculin skin test (TST) obtained several weeks after a first negative result consistently identifies individuals that undergo TST conversion. It remains unclear whether this delay in M. tuberculosis infection i...

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Autors principals:	Edward C. Jones-López, Carlos Acuña-Villaorduña, Geisa Fregona, Patricia Marques-Rodrigues, Laura F. White, David Jamil Hadad, Lucilia Pereira Dutra-Molina, Solange Vinhas, Avery I. McIntosh, Mary Gaeddert, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Padmini Salgame, Moises Palaci, David Alland, Jerrold J. Ellner, Reynaldo Dietze
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	BMC 2017-08-01
Col·lecció:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Matèries:	Household contact study M. tuberculosis infection TST conversion Brazil Latent tuberculosis infection
Accés en línia:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2675-3
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