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Community-based evaluation of immigrant tuberculosis screening using interferon γ release assays and tuberculin skin testing: observational study and economic analysis

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  • Manish Pareek Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tuberculosis Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UKDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marion Bond Tuberculosis Service, Chest and Allergy Clinic, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jennifer Shorey Tuberculosis Service, Chest and Allergy Clinic, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Suranjith Seneviratne Department of Clinical Immunology, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Margaret Guy Formerly Director of Public Health/Medical Director, Westminster Primary Care Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peter White Modelling and Economics Unit, Health Protection Agency, London, UKDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ajit Lalvani Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tuberculosis Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Onn Min Kon Tuberculosis Service, Chest and Allergy Clinic, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Onn Min Kon, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Chest and Allergy Clinic, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK; onn.kon{at}imperial.nhs.uk
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Pareek M, Bond M, Shorey J, et al
Community-based evaluation of immigrant tuberculosis screening using interferon γ release assays and tuberculin skin testing: observational study and economic analysis
Thorax 2013;68:230-239.

Publication history

  • Received January 3, 2012
  • Accepted May 16, 2012
  • First published June 12, 2012.
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September 01, 2022

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