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Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFTGIT) for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection in Afar Pastoralists, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Currently, T-cell based gamma interferon (IFNγ) release assays (IGRAs) are acknowledged as the best methods available for the screening of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and also as aid for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB). To our information, the performance of these diag...

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Autores principales: Legesse, Mengistu, Ameni, Gobena, Mamo, Gezahegne, Medhin, Girmay, Bjune, Gunnar, Abebe, Fekadu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3009640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21162756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-354