Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1141-1142

Usefulness of interferongamma release assays in the screening of latent tuberculosis infection in immigrant and internationally adopted children (Letter)

Méndez-Echevarría A.* , Sainz T. , García-Hortelano M. , Baquero-Artigao F. , Mellado M.J.
  • a Internationally Adopted Children Unit, General Paediatrics and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain
  • b Internationally Adopted Children Unit, General Paediatrics and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain
  • c Internationally Adopted Children Unit, General Paediatrics and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain
  • d Internationally Adopted Children Unit, General Paediatrics and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain
  • e Internationally Adopted Children Unit, General Paediatrics and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

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Index Keywords

male interferon gamma release assay latent tuberculosis Interferon-gamma Release Tests female adoption Emigration and Immigration Humans diagnostic test procedures Diagnostic Tests, Routine human tuberculin test migration
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DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000831
ISSN: 08913668
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English