title: Policy recommendation: latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment in children in immigration detention.
authors.affiliation: Director, Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health, Northern Territory Government, Ground Floor, Building 4, Royal Darwin Hospital, Tiwi, Northern Territory.
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001681:Biological Assay; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055985:Latent Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014374:Tuberculin Test
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D007538:Isoniazid