Interferon-gamma release assay performance in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Feng, Yun ^a,b   Diao, Ni ^a,b   Shao, Lingyun ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Zhang, Shu ^a   Jin, Jialin ^a   Wang, Feifei ^a   Weng, Xinhua ^a   Zhang, Ying ^c   Zhang, Wenhong ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

BCG VACCINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84863240045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032652     Document Type: Article

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