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Specificity of a whole blood IGRA in German nursing students

BACKGROUND: Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) are used for tuberculosis (TB) screening in healthcare workers (HCWs). However, data on specificity of IGRA in serial testing of HCWs is sparse. Therefore the specificity and the negative predictive value of the IGRA - QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (Q...

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Autores principales: Schablon, Anja, Diel, Roland, Diner, Genia, Anske, Ute, Pankow, Wulf, Ringshausen, Felix C, Nienhaus, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21929799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-245