Rates of Latent Tuberculosis in Health Care Staff in Russia

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Francis Drobniewski · Queen Mary University of London

Yanina Balabanova · Samara Medical Institute Reaviz

Elena Zakamova · Samara Medical Institute Reaviz

Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy · Queen Mary University of London

Ivan Fedorin · Samara Medical Institute Reaviz

Abstract

IFN-gamma assays have a useful role in screening HCWs with a high risk of LTBI and who are BCG vaccinated. TB HCWs were at significantly higher risk of having LTBI. Larger cohort studies are needed to evaluate the individual risks of active TB development in positive individuals and the effectiveness of preventive therapy based on IFN-gamma test results.

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Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

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Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. e55-e55

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040055

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Rates of Latent Tuberculosis in Health Care Staff in Russia

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