Surprisingly High Specificity of the PPD Skin Test for M. tuberculosis Infection from Recent Exposure in The Gambia

BACKGROUND: Options for intervention against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are limited by the diagnostic tools available. The Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) skin test is thought to be non-specific, especially in tropical settings. We compared the PPD skin test with an ELISPOT test in The G...

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Autores principales: Hill, Philip C., Brookes, Roger H., Fox, Annette, Jackson-Sillah, Dolly, Lugos, Moses D., Jeffries, David J., Donkor, Simon A., Adegbola, Richard A., McAdam, Keith P. W. J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1762383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17183699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000068

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1762383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17183699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000068

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