Risk factors associated with positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and tuberculin skin tests results in Zambia and South Africa.

Risk factors associated with positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and tuberculin skin tests results in Zambia and South Africa.

The utility of T-cell based interferon-gamma release assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection remains unclear in settings with a high burden of tuberculosis.To determine risk factors associated with positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and tuberculin skin test (TST) result...

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Main Authors: Kwame Shanaube, James Hargreaves, Katherine Fielding, Ab Schaap, Katherine-Anne Lawrence, Bernadette Hensen, Charalambos Sismanidis, Angela Menezes, Nulda Beyers, Helen Ayles, Peter Godfrey-Faussett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3070723?pdf=render

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