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Impact of Reversion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Immunoreactivity Tests on the Estimated Annual Risk of Tuberculosis Infection

A key metric in tuberculosis epidemiology is the annual risk of infection (ARI), which is usually derived from tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) prevalence surveys carried out in children. Derivation of the ARI assumes that immunoreactivity is persistent over time; how...

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Autores principales: Schwalb, Alvaro, Emery, Jon C, Dale, Katie D, Horton, Katherine C, Ugarte-Gil, César A, Houben, Rein M G J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10691197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36749011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwad028