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Comparison of two interferon gamma release assays in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in The Gambia
BACKGROUND: IFN-γ Release Assays (IGRAs) have been licensed for the diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Their performance may depend on assay format and may vary across populations and settings. We compared the diagnostic performance of an in-house T -cell and commercial...
Autores principales: | Adetifa, Ifedayo MO, Lugos, Moses D, Hammond, Abdulrahman, Jeffries, David, Donkor, Simon, Adegbola, Richard A, Hill, Philip C |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2216027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17961228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-122 |
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