QuantiFERON®-TB gold in-tube performance for diagnosing active tuberculosis in children and adults in a high burden setting
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To determine whether QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) can contribute to the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB) in children in a high-burden setting and to assess the performance of QFT and tuberculin skin test (TST) in a prospective cohort of TB suspect children compared to adults with confirmed TB in Tanzania.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e37851 |
| Journal | PLOS ONE |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| ISSN | 1932-6203 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2012 |
- Acute Disease, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Child, Child, Preschool, Coinfection, Female, HIV, HIV Infections, Humans, Immunocompromised Host, Infant, Interferon-gamma, Male, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Reagent Kits, Diagnostic, Sensitivity and Specificity, Survival Rate, Tanzania, Tuberculin Test, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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