The tuberculin skin test versus QuantiFERON TB Gold® in predicting tuberculosis disease in an adolescent cohort study in South Africa.

The tuberculin skin test versus QuantiFERON TB Gold® in predicting tuberculosis disease in an adolescent cohort study in South Africa.

<h4>Setting</h4>This study was conducted in a high tuberculosis (TB) burden area in Worcester, South Africa, with a notified all TB incidence rate of 1,400/100,000.<h4>Main objective</h4>To compare the predictive value of a baseline tuberculin skin test (TST) with that of the...

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Main Authors: Hassan Mahomed, Tony Hawkridge, Suzanne Verver, Deborah Abrahams, Lawrence Geiter, Mark Hatherill, Rodney Ehrlich, Willem A Hanekom, Gregory D Hussey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21479236/?tool=EBI

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