Evaluating interferon-gamma release assays for routine screening of health care workers for tuberculosis infection
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a global health threat, and was responsible for 1.4 million deaths worldwide in 2010.1 Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of TB exposure, infection and disease. Effective screening of HCWs for latent TB infection (LTBI) is a critical element of TB control pro...
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McGill University
2013
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=114118 |