Tuberculin skin test: review article

Tuberculin skin test: review article

Historically, tuberculosis has been the leading cause of death throughout human history. Tuberculosis infection (TB) causes by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is very dangerous and can affect any parts of the body, especially lungs. Tuberculosis infection still remains a serious threat to human publ...

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Main Authors:	Hadi Peeridogaheh, Roghayeh Teimourpour, Mohsen Arzanlou, Sina Rostami, Elham Raeisi
Format:	Article
Language:	fas
Published:	Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-11-01
Series:	Tehran University Medical Journal
Subjects:	BCG latent tuberculosis mycobacterium tuberculosis review tuberculin test
Online Access:	http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-5624&slc_lang=en&sid=1

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