Many UK immigrants have undetected latent TB; IGRA could help
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In a 3-center observational study, Pareek et al report that 20% of new immigrants to the UK (224 of 1229) had latent tuberculosis infection as detected by interferon-gamma release assay. Standing screening policy may miss ~70% of these cases. Lancet Infect Dis
Many UK immigrants have undetected latent TB; IGRA could help
Many UK immigrants have undetected latent TB…
Many UK immigrants have undetected latent TB; IGRA could help
In a 3-center observational study, Pareek et al report that 20% of new immigrants to the UK (224 of 1229) had latent tuberculosis infection as detected by interferon-gamma release assay. Standing screening policy may miss ~70% of these cases. Lancet Infect Dis