Evaluation of an interferon-gamma release assay in young contacts of active tuberculosis cases;Évaluation portant sur la mesure de la production d'interféron gamma chez de jeunes contacts de patients atteints de tuberculose active

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 714-718

  Noorbakhsh, S ^a   Mousavi, J ^a   Barati, M ^a   Shamshiri, A R ^a   Shekarabi, M ^a   Tabatabaei, A ^a   Soleimani, Gh ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 80052767492     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.9.714     Document Type: Article

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