New diagnostic test for tuberculosis;Ny test til diagnostik af tuberkulose

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 171, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 2635-2639

  Ravn, Pernille ^a   Rose, Michala Vaaben ^b   Søborg, Bolette ^c   Bengård, Åse ^d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349312540     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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