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Randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of using the RD-1-based C-Tb skin test as a replacement for blood-based interferon-γ release assay for detection of, and initiation of preventive treatment for, tuberculosis infection: RID-TB:Dx study protocol
INTRODUCTION: The predictive utility for incident tuberculosis (TB) of the purified protein derivative tuberculin skin test and region of difference 1 (RD1)-based interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) is comparable; and either is recommended to test for latent TB infection (LTBI). Despite associate...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8718463/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050595 |