Analysis of factors lowering sensitivity of interferon-γ release assay for tuberculosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Le Hang, Nguyen Thi ^a   Lien, Luu Thi ^b   Kobayashi, Nobuyuki ^c   Shimbo, Takuro ^c   Sakurada, Shinsaku ^c   Thuong, Pham Huu ^b   Hong, Le Thi ^b   Tam, Do Bang ^b   Hijikata, Minako ^c   Matsushita, Ikumi ^c   van Hung, Nguyen ^d   Higuchi, Kazue ^e   Harada, Nobuyuki ^e   Keicho, Naoto ^c  

^a NCGM BMH Medical Collaboration Center   (Viet Nam)

^b Hanoi Lung Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d National Lung Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HLA TYPING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY OF GAMMA INTERFERON RELEASE ASSAY; VIET NAM;

EID: 84860412886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023806     Document Type: Article

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