QuantiFERON®-TB gold in-tube for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children with household tuberculosis contact

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 628-634

  Kasambira, Tafadzwa S ^a   Shah, M ^a   Adrian, P V ^b   Holshouser, M ^a   Madhi, S A ^b   Chaisson, R E ^a   Martinson, N A ^a,b   Dorman, S E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Interferon gamma release assay; Latent tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; AGE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79954506597     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0555     Document Type: Article

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