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Tuberculosis
Scientists at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences target tuberculosis
July 8th, 2008
"The tuberculin skin test (TST) has many sources of error. These can lead to predominantly false-positive reactions when used in low-risk populations. The U.S.," investigators in the United States report. "Army deploys to areas considered at high risk for tuberculosis (TB) infection, but often has limited contact with the local population. We describe the investigation of eight pseudoepidemics of TST conversions in U.S. Army populations, five of which were associated with overseas deployments. Outbreak investigations of these pseudoepidemics consisted of several components: evaluation of active and latent TB surveillance data, review of medical records, investigation...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-08)
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