Source: International Congress 2018 – Tuberculosis transmission and screening strategies
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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R. Francis (Nottingham, United Kingdom), A. Goodwin (Nottingham, United Kingdom), V. Navaratnam (Nottingham, United Kingdom), L. Dexter (Nottingham, United Kingdom), A. Rich (Nottingham, United Kingdom). Discordance between tuberculin skin tests (TST) and interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs): Are we over-treating LTBI?. 5273

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