What You Need to Know About the TB Skin Test

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This fact sheet is one of several culturally-appropriate patient education materials produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute. All of these patient education materials can be found on the following webpage: www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/CulturalMaterials.htm.
This fact sheet provides general information on the TB skin test.

Author:

CDC NCHHSTP Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Global Tuberculosis Institute at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination

Format:

Fact Sheet

Publication Date:

2005

ID:

32783

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