Evaluation of the Diagnostic Potential of IP-10 and IL-2 as Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Active and Latent Tuberculosis in a BCG-Vaccinated Population

BACKGROUND: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)-specific T-cell interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) are useful in detecting Mtb infection but perform poorly at distinguishing active tuberculosis disease (ATB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). This study is aimed at evaluating additional...

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Autores principales: Wang, Sen, Diao, Ni, Lu, Chanyi, Wu, Jing, Gao, Yan, Chen, Jiazhen, Zhou, Zumo, Huang, Heqing, Shao, Lingyun, Jin, Jialin, Weng, Xinhua, Zhang, Ying, Zhang, Wenhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3522729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23272100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051338

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