QuantiFERON to Houston..

The first Quantiferon symposium for 2009 was held at the Texas Medical Center, Houston, USA

Source

Extracts from the presentations (click on images for FULL SIZE);

QFT Implementation in San Francisco
Masae Kawamura, MD, Director/TB Controller,
San Francisco TB Control Section Department of Public Health, CA

Laboratory Aspects of the QuantiFERON (QFT) Interferon Gamma Release Assays
Edward Graviss, PhD, MPH, Director, Molecular Tuberculosis Laboratory, TMHRI Houston, TX
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Implementing Blood Assay TB Testing
Jackie Kinard RN, APN, United HealthCare, Las Vegas, NV
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Tuberculosis Control: Process and Implementation
Elizabeth Lawhorn, MSN, RN ExxonMobil Corporation
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TB Surveillance utilizing QuantiFERON ® -TB Gold
Is it measuring up?
Dr. David Marder, MD, MPH
Medical Director of University Health Service
University of Illinois Medical Center Chicago
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