| Title: |
Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Children Migrating to Australia ; Emerg Infect Dis |
| Contributors: |
Laemmle-Ruff, Ingrid; Graham, Stephen M.; Williams, Bridget; Horyniak, Danielle; Majumdar, Suman S.; Paxton, Georgia A.; Soares Caplice, Lila V.; Hellard, Margaret E.; Trauer, James M. |
| Source: |
Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(9):1833-1841 |
| Collection: |
CDC Stacks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) |
| Subject Terms: |
Child; Humans; Interferon-Gamma Release Tests; Latent Tuberculosis; Mass Screening; Mycobacterium Tuberculosis; Tuberculin Test |
| Subject Geographic: |
Australia |
| Description: |
In 2015, Australia updated premigration screening for tuberculosis (TB) disease in children 2-10 years of age to include testing for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and enable detection of latent TB infection (LTBI). We analyzed TB screening results in children |
| Document Type: |
other/unknown material |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121030 |
| Availability: |
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121030 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.44C38EF8 |
| Database: |
BASE |