Latent tuberculosis infection in travelers: is there a role for screening using interferon-gamma release assays?

J Travel Med. 2009 Sep-Oct;16(5):352-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00315.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Interferon-gamma / blood*
  • Latent Tuberculosis / blood
  • Latent Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Risk Factors
  • Travel*

Substances

  • Interferon-gamma