A Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dormancy Antigen Differentiates Latently Infected Bacillus Calmette–Guérin-vaccinated Individuals

IFN-γ release assays (IGRAs) are better indicators of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection than the tuberculin skin test (TST) in Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated populations. However, IGRAs do not discriminate active and latent infections (LTBI) and no gold standard for LTBI diagnosis is a...

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Autores principales: Peña, Delfina, Rovetta, Ana I., Hernández Del Pino, Rodrigo E., Amiano, Nicolás O., Pasquinelli, Virginia, Pellegrini, Joaquín M., Tateosian, Nancy L., Rolandelli, Agustín, Gutierrez, Marisa, Musella, Rosa M., Palmero, Domingo J., Gherardi, María M., Iovanna, Juan, Chuluyan, H. Eduardo, García, Verónica E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.05.026

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