A tuberculosis contact investigation involving a large number of contacts tested with interferon-gamma release assay at a nursing school: Kanagawa, Japan, 2012
In May 2012, a teacher of a nursing school with about 300 staff members and students in Japan was diagnosed with sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), leading to an investigation involving nearly 300 contacts. We describe the contacts’ closeness to the index TB patient and the likelihoo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/584/833 |