Interferon-γ release assays in tuberculosis contacts: Is there a window period?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 215-217

  Anibarro, L ^a   Trigo, M ^a   Villaverde, C ^b   Pena, A ^a   Cortizo, S ^a   Sande, D ^a   Pazos, R A ^a   Gonzalez Fernandez A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MONTECELO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INDURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79251553729     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00030610     Document Type: Letter

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