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- Title
Estimating Latent Tuberculosis Infection Using Interferon-γ Release Assay, Japan.
- Authors
Tomoyasu Nishimura; Masaki Ota; Masaaki Mori; Naoki Hasegawa; Hiroshi Kawabe; Seiya Kato; Nishimura, Tomoyasu; Ota, Masaki; Mori, Masaaki; Hasegawa, Naoki; Kawabe, Hiroshi; Kato, Seiya
- Abstract
We estimated the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) rate for foreign-born students at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, using an interferon-γ release assay. The LTBI rate for students from countries with estimated tuberculosis incidence >100 cases/100,000 persons was high (10.0%). Universities should screen for LTBI in students from countries with high tuberculosis incidence.
- Subjects
JAPAN; TUBERCULOSIS; FOREIGN students; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; HIV infections; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 11, p2111
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2411.171948