Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in Sudan: a case–control study comparing interferon-γ release assay and tuberculin skin test

BACKGROUND: Most people exposed to M. tuberculosis show no evidence of clinical disease. Five to 10% of individuals with latent infection progress to develop overt disease during their life time. Identification of people with latent TB infection will increase case detection rates and may dictate new...

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Autores principales: Shakak, Amani Osman, Khalil, Eltahir Awad Gasim, Musa, Ahmed Mudawi, Salih, Kawthar Abd Eljalil Mohamed, Bashir, Abd Elgadir Ali, Ahmed, Ala Hassan, Idris, Fath Elrahman Mohamed, Elhassan, Ahmed Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24313987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1128

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24313987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1128

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