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Defining an intermediate category of tuberculin skin test: A mixture model analysis of two high-risk populations from Kampala, Uganda

One principle of tuberculosis control is to prevent the development of tuberculosis disease by treating individuals with latent tuberculosis infection. The diagnosis of latent infection using the tuberculin skin test is not straightforward because of concerns about immunologic cross reactivity with...

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Autores principales:	Woldu, Henok G., Zalwango, Sarah, Martinez, Leonardo, Castellanos, María Eugenia, Kakaire, Robert, Sekandi, Juliet N., Kiwanuka, Noah, Whalen, Christopher C.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7822548/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33481816 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245328

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