Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB gold in tube test versus tuberculin skin test for screening of latent tuberculosis infection in Saudi Arabia: A population-based study
Hanan H Balkhy1, Kamel El Beltagy2, Aiman El-Saed3, Badr Aljasir4, Abdulhakeem Althaqafi5, Adel F Alothman6, Mohammad Alshalaan7, Hamdan Al-Jahdali6
1 Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, ; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, ; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt 3 Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt 4 Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, ; Department of Preventive Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 5 Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 6 Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, ; Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 7 Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, ; Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Hanan H Balkhy Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, P. O. Box. 22490, Riyadh 11426 Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.185759
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