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Predictors of persistently positive Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma responses in the serial testing of health care workers

BACKGROUND: Data on the performance of Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-(IFN)-γ release assays (IGRAs) in the serial testing of health care workers (HCWs) is limited. The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency of IGRA conversions and reversions and to identify pr...

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Autores principales: Ringshausen, Felix C, Nienhaus, Albert, Schablon, Anja, Schlösser, Stephan, Schultze-Werninghaus, Gerhard, Rohde, Gernot
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2916913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20653946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-220