How to use: Interferon γ release assays for tuberculosis

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 99-105

  Pollock, Louisa ^a   Basu Roy, Robindra ^a   Kampmann, Beate ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Vaccinology Theme   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; VASODILATATION;

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PAEDIATRICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; RESPIRATORY;

CHILD; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878274673     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-303641     Document Type: Review

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