Systematic review and meta-analysis of antigen detection tests for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1616-1627

  Flores, L L ^a   Steingart, K R ^b   Dendukuri, N ^c   Schiller, I ^c   Minion, J ^c   Pai, M ^c,d   Ramsay, A ^e   Henry, M ^a   Laal, S ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

65 KDA ANTIGEN; AG85 COMPLEX; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80053458137     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05205-11     Document Type: Review

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