Detection of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Migrant Farmworkers Along the US-Mexico Border

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Evaluates the comparability of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) to detect latent Tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among migrant farmworkers in the San Luis US-Mexico border region of Arizona, and to observe the influence of demographic and clinical dynamics on test results.

Eyal Oren, Mallorie Fiero, Erika Barrett, et al.

BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, 630

11/2016

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Farmers and farmworkers · Health screening · Infectious diseases · Migrants · Statistics and data · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Arizona