Variability of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test using automated and manual methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Whitworth, William C ^a   Goodwin, Donald J ^b   Racster, Laura ^b,g   West, Kevin B ^c   Chuke, Stella O ^a,d,h   Daniels, Laura J ^a,e,i   Campbell, Brandon H ^a,d   Bohanon, Jamaria ^b,e,j   Jaffar, Atheer T ^b,e   Drane, Wanzer ^f   Sjoberg, Paul A ^b   Mazurek, Gerald H ^a  

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

^b Epidemiology Services Branch United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Brooks City Base ^*  (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e CDC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g USAF   (United States)

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

ⁱ Locum Tenens   (United States)

^j Geneva Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899820897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086721     Document Type: Article

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