Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 581-582

  Starke, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EDITORIAL; EX VIVO STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE;

EID: 84866739713     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.06.016     Document Type: Editorial

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