Mycobacterial Diseases

Mycobacterial Diseases
Open Access

ISSN: 2161-1068

Research Article - (2013) Volume 3, Issue 3

Simultaneous and Longitudinal Comparison of Interferon Gamma Release Assay Data from Health Care Workers in Japan

Tomoshige Matsumoto1, Yukio Hirayama1, Yuka Hisamitsu1, Megumi Fukumura1, Akemi Hirata1, Kumi Tanaka1, Masashi Kurokawa1, Yoshitaka Tamura1, Hisako Yoshida1, Takayuki Nagai1, Ichiro Kawase1, Koichi Suzuki2 and Yoshihiko Hoshino2*
1Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Japan
2National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
*Corresponding Author: Yoshihiko Hoshino, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 189-0002, Japan, Tel: +81-42-391-8211, Fax: +81-42-391-8807 Email:

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