Community-based cross-sectional survey of latent tuberculosis infection in Afar pastoralists, Ethiopia, using QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and tuberculin skin test

BACKGROUND: There is little information concerning community-based prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) using T-cell based interferon-γ (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs), particularly in TB endemic settings. In this study, the prevalence of LTBI in the Afar pastoral community was assessed...

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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 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21477326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-89

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21477326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-89

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