Tuberculosis
New Findings Reported from A. Kowada and Co-Authors Describe Advances in Tuberculosis
Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 22nd, 2012
2012 FEB 22 -- "Currently, an annual chest X-ray examination (CXR) for detection of active tuberculosis (TB) in employees aged >= 40 years is recommended in the guidelines of the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Law. Interferon-gamma release assays are new alternatives to the tuberculin skin test for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, with higher specificity than the tuberculin skin test and without cross-reactivity with the Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine," researchers in Tokyo, Japan report.
"This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of employee TB screening using QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) versus CXR. Markov models were...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2012-02-22)
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