Comparison of TST and IGRA in diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in a high TB-burden setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sharma, Surendra K ^a   Vashishtha, Richa ^a   Chauhan, L S ^b   Sreenivas, V ^a   Seth, Divya ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Zoonosis Divison   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TUBERCULIN TEST; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009820789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169539     Document Type: Article

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