Specificity and negative predictive value of the QuantiFERON-TB®-Gold In Tube testing on trainees in healthcare settings

A. Schablon, G. Diner, U. Anske, A. Nienhaus (Hamburg, Berlin, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Risk assessment for tuberculosis
Session: Risk assessment for tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2651
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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