Surprisingly High Specificity of the PPD Skin Test for M. tuberculosis Infection from Recent Exposure in The Gambia

BACKGROUND: 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 in The G...

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Main Authors: Hill, Philip C., Brookes, Roger H., Fox, Annette, Jackson-Sillah, Dolly, Lugos, Moses D., Jeffries, David J., Donkor, Simon A., Adegbola, Richard A., McAdam, Keith P. W. J.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Public Library of Science 2006
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Research Article
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1762383/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17183699
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000068
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