Surprisingly high specificity of the PPD skin test for M. tuberculosis infection from recent exposure in The Gambia.

<h4>Background</h4>Options for intervention against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are limited by the diagnostic tools available. The Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) skin test is thought to be non-specific, especially in tropical settings. We compared the PPD skin test with an ELISPOT test i...

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Principais autores:	Philip C Hill, Roger H Brookes, Annette Fox, Dolly Jackson-Sillah, Moses D Lugos, David J Jeffries, Simon A Donkor, Richard A Adegbola, Keith P W J McAdam
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-12-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Acceso en liña:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000068&type=printable
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