Tuberculin skin test and interferon-γ release assay show better correlation after the tuberculin 'window period' in tuberculosis contacts

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 424-429

  Anibarro, Luis ^a   Trigo, Matilde ^a   Villaverde, Carlos ^b   Pena, Alberto ^a   González Fernández, África ^c  

^a HOSPITAL MONTECELO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; interferon release assay; latent tuberculosis infection; tuberculin skin test; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79959234062     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.558912     Document Type: Article

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