Frequent Detection of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Aged Underground Hard Coal Miners in the Absence of Recent Tuberculosis Exposure

Felix C. Ringshausen; Albert Nienhaus; Anja Schablon; José Torres Costa; Heiko Knoop; Frank Hoffmeyer; Jürgen Bünger; Rolf Merget; Volker Harth; Gerhard Schultze-Werninghaus; Gernot Rohde

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082005

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Frequent Detection of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Aged Underground Hard Coal Miners in the Absence of Recent Tuberculosis Exposure

Felix C. Ringshausen ,

* E-mail: Ringshausen.Felix@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Albert Nienhaus,

Affiliation Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Anja Schablon,

Affiliation Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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José Torres Costa,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, Porto, Portugal
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Heiko Knoop,

Affiliation Department of Pneumology, Allergology, and Sleep Medicine, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Frank Hoffmeyer,

Affiliation Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany
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Jürgen Bünger,

Affiliation Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany
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Rolf Merget,

Affiliation Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany
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Volker Harth,

Affiliation Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Gerhard Schultze-Werninghaus,

Affiliation Department of Pneumology, Allergology, and Sleep Medicine, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Gernot Rohde

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Frequent Detection of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Aged Underground Hard Coal Miners in the Absence of Recent Tuberculosis Exposure

Felix C. Ringshausen,
Albert Nienhaus,
Anja Schablon,
José Torres Costa,
Heiko Knoop,
Frank Hoffmeyer,
Jürgen Bünger,
Rolf Merget,
Volker Harth,
Gerhard Schultze-Werninghaus

Published: December 2, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082005

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