Within-Subject Interlaboratory Variability of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Tests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Whitworth, William C ^a   Hamilton, Lanette R ^b   Goodwin, Donald J ^c   Barrera, Carlos ^b   West, Kevin B ^d   Racster, Laura ^c,h   Daniels, Laura J ^a,e   Chuke, Stella O ^a,f   Campbell, Brandon H ^a   Bohanon, Jamaria ^c,e   Jaffar, Atheer T ^c,e,i   Drane, Wanzer ^g   Maserang, David ^c   Mazurek, Gerald H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CDC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h USAF   (United States)

ⁱ Geneva Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866141313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043790     Document Type: Article

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