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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...
Autores principales: | Sloot, Rosa, Shanaube, Kwame, Claassens, Mareli, Telisinghe, Lily, Schaap, Ab, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter, Ayles, Helen, Floyd, Sian |
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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/PMC7559914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33059620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05483-9 |
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