Comparing interferon-gamma release assays to tuberculin skin test in thai children with tuberculosis exposure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Tieu, Hong Van ^a,b   Suntarattiwong, Piyarat ^c   Puthanakit, Thanyawee ^d,e   Chotpitayasunondh, Tawee ^c   Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya ^f   Sirivichayakul, Sunee ^d   Buranapraditkun, Supranee ^d   Rungrojrat, Patcharawee ^e   Chomchey, Nitiya ^e   Tsiouris, Simon ^b   Hammer, Scott ^b   Nandi, Vijay ^a   Ananworanich, Jintanat ^d,e,g  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c QUEEN SIRIKIT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETION (PROCESS); THAILAND; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; ISONIAZID; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84905978353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105003     Document Type: Article

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