Randomised Clinical Trial Investigating the Specificity of a Novel Skin Test (C-Tb) for Diagnosis of M. tuberculosis Infection

BACKGROUND: Tuberculin skin testing is simple and relatively inexpensive, but the specificity of PPD is affected by BCG vaccination. OBJECTIVE: Determine optimal dose and specificity of recombinant ESAT-6 and CFP-10 (C-Tb) produced in Lactococcus lactis for diagnosis of M. tuberculosis infection. ME...

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Autores principales: Aggerbeck, Henrik, Giemza, Rafaela, Joshi, Paulatsya, Tingskov, Pernille N., Hoff, Søren T., Boyle, Julia, Andersen, Peter, Lewis, David J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23691171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064215

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23691171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064215

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