Risk for Tuberculosis among Children

Contacts of adults with tuberculosis (TB) are at risk for infection. Tests based on interferon-γ (IFN-γ) expression in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens may be more sensitive than the tuberculin skin test (TST). Risk for infection was assessed by using TST and an IFN-γ-based assay (Qua...

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Autores principales: Nakaoka, Hiroshi, Lawson, Lovett, Squire, S. Bertel, Coulter, Brian, Ravn, Pernille, Brock, Inger, Hart, C. Anthony, Cuevas, Luis E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17073087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1209.051606

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17073087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1209.051606

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