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Results of a tuberculin skin testing survey in Albania

Author(s) -

Hasan Hafizi,

Anila Aliko,

Elda Sharra,

Albana Fico,

Giovanni Battista Migliori,

Paolo Castiglia,

Giovanni Sotgiu

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.3391

Subject(s) - tuberculin , medicine , tuberculosis , incidence (geometry) , skin test , environmental health , cluster sampling , latent tuberculosis , cluster (spacecraft) , demography , mycobacterium tuberculosis , population , pathology , physics , sociology , computer science , optics , programming language

Tuberculosis affected about 8.5 million patients in 2011. Numerous efforts are needed to reduce the pool of individuals with latent TB infection (LTBI). The aim of the study was to describe a tuberculin skin testing (TST) survey carried out in Albania to estimate the LTBI burden; furthermore, knowledge of TB was evaluated through an ad hoc questionnaire.

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