Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and immunology of tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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N. Harada, K. Higuchi, T. Mori (Kiyose, Japan). Analysis of nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis in a mental hospital using the whole blood interferon-gamma test. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 2049

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