Influence of previous tuberculin skin test on serial IFN-γ release assays

Tuberculosis

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-326

  Sauzullo, Ilaria ^a   Massetti, Anna P ^a   Mengoni, Fabio ^a   Rossi, Raffaella ^a   Lichtner, Miriam ^a   Ajassa, Camilla ^a   Vullo, Vincenzo ^a   Mastroianni, Claudio M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

IGRA; QuantiFERON TB Gold In Tube; Serial testing; TST; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA INTERFERON RELEASE ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960208217     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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