Contribution of QuantiFERON-TB Gold-in-Tube to the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Young Children in a Low TB Prevalence Country

Introduction: Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) has proven to be a useful test to evaluate the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in children over the age of 5 years as an alternative to tuberculin skin testing (TST). Much less is known about its performance in younger childr...

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Main Authors: Sara Debulpaep, Véronique Corbière, Jack Levy, Petra Schelstraete, Koen Vanden Driessche, Françoise Mascart, Françoise Mouchet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00291/full