Longitudinal assessment of an ELISPOT test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Very little longitudinal information is available regarding the performance of T cell-based tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. To address this deficiency, we conducted a longitudinal assessment of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot test (ELISPOT) test in comparison to the standard tub...

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Main Authors: Philip C Hill, Roger H Brookes, Annette Fox, Dolly Jackson-Sillah, David J Jeffries, Moses D Lugos, Simon A Donkor, Ifedayo M Adetifa, Bouke C de Jong, Alex M Aiken, Richard A Adegbola, Keith P McAdam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1891317?pdf=render