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IFN-γ independent markers of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure among male South African gold miners

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of tuberculosis among men who work in the gold mines of South Africa is among the highest in the world, but a fraction of miners demonstrate consistently negative results upon tuberculin skin test (TST) and IFN-γ release assay (IGRA). We hypothesized that these “resisters”...

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Autores principales: Davies, Leela R.L., Smith, Malisa T., Cizmeci, Deniz, Fischinger, Stephanie, Shih-Lu Lee, Jessica, Lu, Lenette L., Layton, Erik D., Grant, Alison D., Fielding, Katherine, Stein, Catherine M., Boom, W. Henry, Hawn, Thomas R., Fortune, Sarah M., Wallis, Robert S., Churchyard, Gavin J., Alter, Galit, Seshadri, Chetan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10320233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37379655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104678