Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assays in children and adolescents at risk of tuberculosis:...
Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assays in children and adolescents at risk of tuberculosis: a cross-sectional multicentre study
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Soler-Garcia, Aleix , Gamell, Anna , Pérez-Porcuna, Tomàs , Soriano-Arandes, Antonio , Santiago, Begoña , Tórtola, Teresa , Ruiz-Serrano, María Jesús , Korta Murua, José Javier , Bustillo-Alonso, Matilde , Garrote-Llanos, María Isabel , Rodríguez-Molino, Paula , Piqueras, Ana Isabel , Tagarro, Alfredo , Monsonís, Manuel , Tebruegge, Marc , Noguera-Julian, Antoni and QFT-Plus Study Group of the Spanish Pediatric TB Research Network
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
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IntroductionThe QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) assay, which features two antigen-stimulated tubes (TB1 and TB2) instead of a single tube used in previous-generation interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), was launched in 2016. Despite this, data regarding the assay’s performance in the paediatric setting remain scarce. This study aimed to det...
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Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus assays in children and adolescents at risk of tuberculosis: a cross-sectional multicentre study
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Gamell, Anna
Pérez-Porcuna, Tomàs
Soriano-Arandes, Antonio
Santiago, Begoña
Tórtola, Teresa
Ruiz-Serrano, María Jesús
Korta Murua, José Javier
Bustillo-Alonso, Matilde
Garrote-Llanos, María Isabel
Rodríguez-Molino, Paula
Piqueras, Ana Isabel
Tagarro, Alfredo
Monsonís, Manuel
Tebruegge, Marc
Noguera-Julian, Antoni
QFT-Plus Study Group of the Spanish Pediatric TB Research Network
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2608095230
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2608095230
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0040-6376
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1468-3296
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10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217592
