TY - JOUR AU - Elfrink, Floor AU - van den Hoek, Anneke AU - Mensen, Marlies E. AU - Sonder, Gerard JB PY - 2014 DA - 2014/09/23 TI - Screening travellers to high-endemic countries for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis using interferon gamma release assay; a prospective study JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 515 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - International travel from low-incidence to high-incidence countries for tuberculosis (TB) is regarded as a risk factor for acquiring TB infection. In this prospective study among long-term travellers we examined the incidence of TB infection using Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) test and compared these data with results from a visit to the TB department to which all long-term travellers were routinely referred. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-515 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-14-515 ID - Elfrink2014 ER -