Estimating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Using Interferon-γ Release Assay, Japan

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Nishimura, Tomoyasu ; Ota, Masaki ; Mori, Masaaki ; Hasegawa, Naoki ; Kawabe, Hiroshi ; Kato, Seiya
• Description:
  We estimated the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) rate for foreign-born students at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, using an interferon-γ release assay. The LTBI rate for students from countries with estimated tuberculosis incidence >100 cases/100,000 persons was high (10.0%). Universities should screen for LTBI in students from countries with high tuberculosis incidence.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Epidemiology Estimating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Using Interferon-γ Release Assay, Japan Foreign-born Student Interferon-γ Release Assay Latent Tuberculosis Infection Research Letter TB Tuberculosis And Other Mycobacteria
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(11):2111-2113
• Pubmed ID:
  30334726
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6200007
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Japan
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4cac8ed20400c08c7206fe509fdbc95ddc580460eacf394bbb0a302f925e5ab6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/60382/cdc_60382_DS1.pdf
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