Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Key Step Toward Achieving Tuberculosis Elimination in the United States

JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Oct 1;176(10):1439-1440. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.5464.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / economics
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Interferon-gamma Release Tests / economics
  • Interferon-gamma Release Tests / methods
  • Latent Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Latent Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Latent Tuberculosis / economics
  • Latent Tuberculosis / prevention & control*
  • Mass Screening / economics
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculin Test / economics
  • Tuberculin Test / methods
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents