Use of a T cell interferon gamma release assay in the investigation for suspected active tuberculosis in a low prevalence area

BACKGROUND: In settings with low background prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) infection, interferon-γ release assays (IGRA) could be useful for diagnosing active TB. This study aims to evaluate the performance of QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold (QFT-G) in the investigation for suspected active TB, with particu...

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Autores principales: Winqvist, Niclas, Björkman, Per, Norén, Ann, Miörner, Håkan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19575781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-105

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19575781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-105

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