Poor performance of serological tests in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: Evidence from a contact tracing field study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Sarman ^a   Singh, Jitendra ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Gopinath, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Balooni, Veena ^a   Singh, Niti ^b   Mani, Kalaivani ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT TRACING FIELD STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULIN TEST;

BCG VACCINE; CONTACT TRACING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VACCINATION;

EID: 84863703218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040213     Document Type: Article

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