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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated healthcare workers by using an interferon-gamma release assay and the tuberculin skin test in an intermediate tuberculosis burden country

✍ Scribed by Hung, Wan-Ting; Lee, Susan Shin-Jung; Sy, Cheng-Len; Wu, Kuang-Sheng; Chen, Jui-Kuang; Tsai, Hung-Chin; Chen, Yao-Shen

Book ID: 121315978
Publisher: Scientific Communications
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Weight: 442 KB
Volume: 48
Category: Article
ISSN: 1684-1182
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.07.008

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