Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among pediatric household contacts of Iranian tuberculosis cases using tuberculin skin test, IFN- γ release assay and IFN-γ-induced protein-10

BACKGROUND: Although the World Health Organization has recommended the diagnosis and prophylactic treatment of latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) in child household contacts of tuberculosis (TB) cases, the national programs in high-burden TB regions rarely implement adequate screening of this high-...

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Autores principales: Ghanaie, Roxana Mansour, Karimi, Abdollah, Azimi, Leila, James, Seddon, Nasehi, Mahshid, Mishkar, Abolfazl Panahi, Sheikhi, Mahnaz, Fallah, Fatemeh, Tabatabaei, Sedigheh Rafiei, Hoseini-Alfatemi, Seyedeh Mahsan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7877026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33573613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02524-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7877026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33573613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02524-3

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