The tuberculin skin test versus QuantiFERON TB Gold® in predicting tuberculosis disease in an adolescent cohort study in South Africa

This study was conducted in a high tuberculosis (TB) burden area in Worcester, South Africa, with a notified all TB incidence rate of 1,400/100,000. To compare the predictive value of a baseline tuberculin skin test (TST) with that of the QuantiFERON TB Gold (In-tube) assay (QFT) for subsequent micr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2011-03, Vol.6 (3), p.e17984
Hauptverfasser:	Mahomed, Hassan, Hawkridge, Tony, Verver, Suzanne, Abrahams, Deborah, Geiter, Lawrence, Hatherill, Mark, Ehrlich, Rodney, Hanekom, Willem A, Hussey, Gregory D
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Antigens Child Cohort analysis Cohort Studies Demography Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Female Health risks Health sciences High schools Households Humans Incidence Infections Infectious diseases Longitudinal Studies Male Medical diagnosis Medical research Medical tests Medicine Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pediatric diseases Population studies Predictive Value of Tests Public health Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Risk Factors Schools Sensitivity and Specificity Skin Skin tests South Africa - epidemiology Studies Teenagers Time Factors Tuberculin Tuberculin Test - methods Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Youth
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