Incidence of tuberculosis and the predictive value of ELISPOT and Mantoux tests in Gambian case contacts.

Incidence of tuberculosis and the predictive value of ELISPOT and Mantoux tests in Gambian case contacts.

Studies of Tuberculosis (TB) case contacts are increasingly being utilised for understanding the relationship between M. tuberculosis and the human host and for assessing new interventions and diagnostic tests. We aimed to identify the incidence rate of new TB cases among TB contacts and to relate t...

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Main Authors: Philip C Hill, Dolly J Jackson-Sillah, Annette Fox, Roger H Brookes, Bouke C de Jong, Moses D Lugos, Ifedayo M Adetifa, Simon A Donkor, Alex M Aiken, Stephen R Howie, Tumani Corrah, Keith P McAdam, Richard A Adegbola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2147055?pdf=render

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