Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Assay for Baseline Tuberculosis Screening among Japanese Healthcare Students

BACKGROUND: The whole blood interferon-gamma assay (QuantiFERON-TB-2G; QFT) has not been fully evaluated as a baseline tuberculosis screening test in Japanese healthcare students commencing clinical contact. The aim of this study was to compare the results from the QFT with those from the tuberculin...

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Autores principales: Hotta, Katsuyuki, Ogura, Toshio, Nishii, Kenji, Kodani, Tsuyoshi, Onishi, Masaru, Shimizu, Yukito, Kanehiro, Arihiko, Kiura, Katsuyuki, Tanimoto, Mitsune, Tobe, Kazuo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17726533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000803

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17726533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000803

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