The MIT D-lab electricity-free PortaTherm™ incubator for remote testing with the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube assay

BACKGROUND: Use of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube assay (QFT-GIT) in remote areas is limited by the need to incubate blood samples within 12 h of collection. PortaTherm™ is a portable, electricity-free, phase-change incubator previously used for field collection of microbiological samples.OBJECTIV...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 2010-11, Vol.14 (11), p.1468-1474
Hauptverfasser:	DOMINGUEZ, M, SMITH, A, LUNA, G, BRADY, M. F, AUSTIN-BRENEMAN, J, LOPEZ, S, YATACO, R, MOORE, D. A. J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Electric Power Supplies Equipment Design Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Incubator Infectious diseases Inter-Assay Variability Interferon-gamma - blood Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Peru Pneumology Portatherm Prospective Studies Quantiferon®-Tb Gold In-Tube Reproducibility of Results Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Rural Health Services Specimen Handling - methods Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - immunology Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Young Adult
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