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J HEALTH POPUL NUTR 2010 Aug;28(4):327-332
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BMJ 2014;349:g4643 doi: 10.1136/bmj.g4643 (Published 5 August 2014), 1-11
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African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
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Tropical Medicine and International Health volume 21 no 1 pp 101-107 january 2016
The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2013, 7, (Suppl 1: M6) 54-59
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MMWR. Recommendations and Reports:
December 16, 2005 / 54(RR15);49-55
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 21(5) DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0518
Evidence to decision framework
Руководство по ведению пациентов с латентной туберкулезной инфекцией
SARS-CoV-2 infection and pulmonary tuberculosis: analysis of the situation in Peru
7 April 2022. Aimed at national policymakers, public health and healthcare planners, staff working in reception centres, and healthcare staff caring for displaced persons, the information note concludes that universal testing of incoming refugees from Ukraine for tuberculosis (TB) infection is not r...ecommended. Specific groups, such as household contacts of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary cases, or those who are immunocompromised should however be considered for TB infection testing.
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Three classess of tests are now recommended in the latest consolidated guideles on tests for tuberculosis infection. It includes for the first-time a new class of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-based skin tests (TBSTs), and the two existing classes of tests: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and t...he interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs).
IGRAs and TBSTs use Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigens and represent a significant advancement to TST which has been used for over half a century.
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