Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific TNF-α is a potential biomarker for the rapid diagnosis of active tuberculosis disease in Chinese population.

Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) have proven to be useful to accurately detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, but they cannot reliably discriminate between active tuberculosis (TB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). This study aims to test whether Mtb-specific tumor necros...

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Main Authors: Feng Wang, Hongyan Hou, Lingqing Xu, Munanie Jane, Jing Peng, Yanjun Lu, Yaowu Zhu, Ziyong Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3823617?pdf=render