[Analysis of tuberculosis infection among foreigners using QuantiFeron TB-2G test].

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Published in Kekkaku on June 01, 2007

Authors

Kazue Higuchi1, Nobuyuki Harada, Yuji Nagasaka, Toru Mori

Author Affiliations

1: Immunology Division, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, JATA, 3-1-24, Matsuyama, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo 204-8533, Japan. higuchi@jata.or.jp

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