Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection, Immigration Status, and Diagnostic Discordance: A Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Test and QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold In-Tube Test Among Immigrants to the U.S.

OBJECTIVE: We used a recent source of nationally representative population data on tuberculosis (TB) infection to characterize concordance between the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) blood test for immigrants in the United States. METHODS: We used TB scree...

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Publicado no:Public Health Rep
Main Authors: Wilson, Fernando A., Miller, Thaddeus L., Stimpson, Jim P.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Association of Schools of Public Health 2016
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765979/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26957665
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