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Worth Reading: TB Skin Tests, National Survey of Sexual Minorities  


Author:  Margaret R. Moreland, J.D., M.S.L.S..


Source: Volume 18, Number 06, September/October 2017 , pp.93-95(3)




Correctional Health Care Report

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Abstract: 

Our regular survey of important research findings reviews two new important papers. “Cost Analysis of Tuberculin Skin Test and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Test for Tuberculosis Screening in a Correctional Setting in Dallas, Texas, USA” by Ank E. Nijhawan, Princess A. Iroh, Larry S. Brown, Daniel Winetsky, and Esmaeil Porsa, published in BMC Infectious Diseases; and “Incarceration Rates and Traits of Sexual Minorities in the United States: National Inmate Survey, 2011–2012” by Ilan H. Meyer, Andrew R. Flores, Lara Stemple, Adam P. Romero, Bianca D. M. Wilson, and Jody L. Herman, published in American Journal of Public Health.

Keywords: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI); Interferongamma release assays (IGRAs); Sexual Minorities in Prisons and Jails

Affiliations:  1: Contributing Editor.

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