Prevalence of long-lasting IGRA positivity in Portuguese healthcare workers

J. Torres Costa, C. Kesavachandran, A. Nienhaus (Oporto, Portugal; Hamburg, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Tuberculosis and immunologic assays
Session: Tuberculosis and immunologic assays
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 417
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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J. Torres Costa, C. Kesavachandran, A. Nienhaus (Oporto, Portugal; Hamburg, Germany). Prevalence of long-lasting IGRA positivity in Portuguese healthcare workers. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 417

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