Assessment of the novel T-cell activation marker-tuberculosis assay for diagnosis of active tuberculosis in children: A prospective proof-of-concept study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 931-938

  Portevin, Damien ^a,b   Moukambi, Felicien ^c,d   Clowes, Petra ^c,d   Bauer, Asli ^c,d   Chachage, Mkunde ^c   Ntinginya, Nyanda E ^c   Mfinanga, Elirehema ^f   Said, Khadija ^f   Haraka, Frederick ^f   Rachow, Andrea ^d,e   Saathoff, Elmar ^d,e   Mpina, Maximilian ^f   Jugheli, Levan ^a,b,f   Lwilla, Fred ^f   Marais, Ben J ^g   Hoelscher, Michael ^d,e   Daubenberger, Claudia ^a,b   Reither, Klaus ^a,b,f   Geldmacher, Christof ^d,e  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NIMR Mbeya Medical Research Center   (Tanzania)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research)   (Germany)

^f IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; T CELL ACTIVATION MARKER TUBERCULOSIS ASSAY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPUTUM; TANZANIA; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84908142553     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70884-9     Document Type: Article

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