Parasitic infection may be associated with discordant responses to QuantiFERON and tuberculin skin test in apparently healthy children and adolescents in a tuberculosis endemic setting, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: M. tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest pathogens in part because of its ability to establish persistent, latent infections, which can later reactivate to cause disease. In regions of the globe where disease is endemic, as much as 50% of the population is thought to be laten...

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Main Authors: Wassie, Liya, Aseffa, Abraham, Abebe, Markos, Gebeyehu, Michael Z, Zewdie, Martha, Mihret, Adane, Erenso, Girum, Chanyalew, Menberwork, Tilahun, Hiwot, Yamuah, Lawrence K, Andersen, Peter, Doherty, Mark T
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674899/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23738853
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-265
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