Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in healthy young adults in a country with high tuberculosis burden and BCG vaccination at birth

BACKGROUND: One third of the world’s population is thought to have latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) with the potential for subsequent reactivation of disease. To better characterize this important population, studies comparing Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) and the new interferon-γ release assays in...

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Autores principales: Dagnew, Alemnew F, Hussein, Jemal, Abebe, Markos, Zewdie, Martha, Mihret, Adane, Bedru, Ahmed, Chanyalew, Menberework, Yamuah, Lawrence, Medhin, Girmay, Bang, Peter, Doherty, T Mark, Hailu, Asrat, Aseffa, Abraham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3478185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-415

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3478185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-415

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