Malnutrition and Helminth Infection Affect Performance of an Interferon γ–Release Assay

OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare the tuberculin skin test (TST) to the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay (QFT-IT) and assess the effects of malnourishment and intestinal helminth infection on QFT-IT results. METHODS: In this population-based cross-sectional study from Dhaka, Bangladesh, we screened c...

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Main Authors: Thomas, Tania A., Mondal, Dinesh, Noor, Zannatun, Liu, Lei, Alam, Masud, Haque, Rashidul, Banu, Sayera, Sun, Haiyan, Peterson, Kristine M.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: 2010
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3403682/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21059723
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2010-0885
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