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Use of resuscitation promoting factors to screen for tuberculosis infection in household-exposed children in The Gambia
BACKGROUND: Interferon-γ release assays (IGRA) with Resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf) proteins enhanced tuberculosis (TB) screening and diagnosis in adults but have not been evaluated in children. Children often develop paucibacillary TB and their immune response differs from that of adults, whic...
Autores principales: | van Loon, W., Gomez, M. P., Jobe, D., Franken, K. L. M. C., Ottenhoff, T. H. M., Coninx, M., Kestens, L., Sutherland, J. S., Kampmann, B., Tientcheu, L. D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7330976/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32615981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05194-1 |
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