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Original Article

Acceptability of interferon-gamma release assays among healthcare workers who receive routine employee tuberculosis testing

Yael Hirsch-Moverman Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis CenterICAP, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Kirsten Wall Denver Public Health & Hospitals AuthorityDenver, CO, USA
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Paul Weinfurter WestatRockville, MD, USA
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Elizabeth Munk John Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, MD, USA
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Joyce Ann Moran Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis CenterICAP, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Allison Maiuri Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAtlanta, GA, USA
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Amera Khan Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAtlanta, GA, USA
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Nichlas DeLuca Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAtlanta, GA, USA
& for the TB Epidemiologic Studies Consortium show all
Pages 319-324 | Published online: 03 Dec 2013

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