Preliminary data on precision of QuantiFERON-TB Plus performance

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 953-954

  Gallagher, David ^a   Manissero, Davide ^b   Stocking, Christopher ^a   Pyne, Chris ^a  

^a SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

^b QIAGEN Manchester Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

HUMANS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84986184333     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00596-2016     Document Type: Letter

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