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SUBMITTER: Bae JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6686106 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi 20190508 4
The 2018 National Guideline for Tuberculosis Control, which was published by the Korea Centers for Diseases Prevention and Control (KCDC), mandates conducting an epidemiological survey among close contacts of active tuberculosis patients at public institutions such as schools. In the procedure for these surveys, the tuberculin skin test (TST) is mandated as the screening test for latent tuberculosis infection in elementary school students. However, several guidelines recommend using the interfer ...[more]