To Compare the Performance of Quanti-FERON with the Tuberculin Skin Test for Identifying Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Background & Objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) is an important issue which its control is still unsatisfactory at global level. Traditional diagnostic techniques for active TB diagnosis are inadequate: the diagnostic gold standard is the cultural exam which suffers from lengthy processing and requ...

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Main Authors: M Hashemi Shahri, A Fallah Ghajary, A Ansari Moghaddam, F Khadem Sameni, F Fayyaz Jahani, E Ahmadnezhad
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-03-01
Series:مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران
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Online Access:http://irje.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-32&slc_lang=en&sid=1