Snapshot of Quantiferon TB gold testing in Northern Mexico

Tuberculosis

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Gonzalez Salazar F ^a,b   Vargas Villarreal, J ^a   Garcialuna Martinez F J ^c   Rivera, G ^b   Moreno Trevino M G ^b   Montfort Gardeazabal, J M ^b   Garcialuna Martinez E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^c Ministry of Health Tamaulipas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

IGRA; Latent tuberculosis; Quantiferon TB gold test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655163840     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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