Conversion and reversion rates in serial examination in German healthcare worker with the interferon-gamma release assay

A. Schablon, R. Diel, F. C. Ringshausen, A. Nienhaus (Hamburg, Hannover, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Risk assessment for tuberculosis
Session: Risk assessment for tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2650
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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