Serial testing for latent tuberculosis using QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube: A Markov model

Healthcare workers (HCWs) in low-incidence settings are often serially tested for latent TB infection (LTBI) with the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) assay, which exhibits frequent conversions and reversions. The clinical impact of such variability on serial testing remains unknown. We used a micr...

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Autores principales: Moses, Mark W., Zwerling, Alice, Cattamanchi, Adithya, Denkinger, Claudia M., Banaei, Niaz, Kik, Sandra V., Metcalfe, John, Pai, Madhukar, Dowdy, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27469388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep30781

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27469388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep30781

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