Interferon-γ assays in the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis: a systematic review

A major challenge in tuberculosis control is the diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. Until recently, there were no alternatives to the tuberculin skin test (TST) for diagnosing latent tuberculosis. However, an alternative has now emerged in the form of a new in-vitro test: the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet infectious diseases 2004-12, Vol.4 (12), p.761-776
Hauptverfasser:	Pai, Madhukar, Riley, Lee W, Colford, John M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antigens Antigens, Bacterial - immunology Assaying Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine BCG BCG Vaccine - immunology CFP-10 protein Children Cross Reactions Cross-reactivity Diagnostic software Diagnostic systems FDA approval Filtrate HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immunodiagnosis Immunologic Tests - methods Infections Infectious diseases Interferon Interferon-gamma - blood Interferon-gamma - immunology Laboratories Lymphocytes Mycobacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis - immunology Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Performance assessment Proteins Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Skin tests Systematic review Tuberculin Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - immunology Tuberculosis - microbiology Vaccination Virus Latency
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