Comparing patterns of recent and remote Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection determined using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assay in a high TB burden setting.

One quarter of the world's population is estimated to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Identifying recent TB infection (TBI) offers an avenue to targeted TB preventative therapy provision, and prevention to disease progression. However, detecting recent TBI remains challenging. The...

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Published in:	PLOS Global Public Health
Main Authors:	Modupe Amofa-Sekyi, Ab Schaap, Linda Mureithi, Barry Kosloff, Maina Cheeba, Bxyn Kangololo, Redwaan Vermaak, Robynn Paulsen, Maria Ruperez, Sian Floyd, Petra de Haas, Sarah Fidler, Richard Hayes, Helen Ayles, Kwame Shanaube, TREATS study team
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0003182&type=printable