Interpretation of serial interferon-gamma test results to measure new tuberculosis infection among household contacts in Zambia and South Africa

BACKGROUND: A more stringent QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) conversion (from negative to positive) definition has been proposed to allow more definite detection of recent tuberculosis (TB) infection. We explored alternative conversion definitions to assist the interpretation of serial QFT results...

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Autores principales: Sloot, Rosa, Shanaube, Kwame, Claassens, Mareli, Telisinghe, Lily, Schaap, Ab, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter, Ayles, Helen, Floyd, Sian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33059620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05483-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33059620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05483-9

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