Performance of an interferon-gamma release assay for diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection in children

Newly developed interferon-gamma release assays have become commercially available to detect tuberculosis (TB) infection in adults. However, little is known about their performance in children. We compared test results between the QuantiFERON-TB(®) Gold test (QFT) and tuberculin skin test (TST) in y...

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Main Authors: OKADA, K., MAO, T. E., MORI, T., MIURA, T., SUGIYAMA, T., YOSHIYAMA, T., MITARAI, S., ONOZAKI, I., HARADA, N., SAINT, S., KONG, K. S., CHHOUR, Y. M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870918/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17988427
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268807009831
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