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Chapter 7 from the book People's Movements in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits
Towards ending tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Three classess of tests are now recommended in the latest consolidated guideles on tests for tuberculosis infection. It includes for the first-time a new class of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-based skin tests (TBSTs), and the two existing classes of tests: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and t...he interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs).
IGRAs and TBSTs use Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigens and represent a significant advancement to TST which has been used for over half a century.
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Migration & health position paper series
Cross-cutting health themes
Tuberculosis, Migration and human mobility
Regional situation analysis, practices, experiences, lessons learned and ways forward.