Prognostic value of interferon-γ release assays and tuberculin skin test in predicting the development of active tuberculosis (UK PREDICT TB): a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Tackling tuberculosis requires testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis in high-risk groups. The aim of this study was to estimate the predictive values of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and two interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) for the development of active tuberculosis in high-ri...

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Autores principales: Abubakar, Ibrahim, Drobniewski, Francis, Southern, Jo, Sitch, Alice J, Jackson, Charlotte, Lipman, Marc, Deeks, Jonathan J, Griffiths, Chris, Bothamley, Graham, Lynn, William, Burgess, Helen, Mann, Bobby, Imran, Ambreen, Sridhar, Saranya, Tsou, Chuen-Yan, Nikolayevskyy, Vladyslav, Rees-Roberts, Melanie, Whitworth, Hilary, Kon, Onn Min, Haldar, Pranab, Kunst, Heinke, Anderson, Sarah, Hayward, Andrew, Watson, John M, Milburn, Heather, Lalvani, Ajit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science ;, The Lancet Pub. Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6192014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30174209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30355-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6192014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30174209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30355-4

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