Risk Assessment of Tuberculosis in Contacts by IFN-γ Release Assays. A Tuberculosis Network European...
Risk Assessment of Tuberculosis in Contacts by IFN-γ Release Assays. A Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group Study
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Zellweger, Jean-Pierre , Sotgiu, Giovanni , Block, Michael , Dore, Simone , Altet, Neus , Blunschi, Rebecca , Bogyi, Matthias , Bothamley, Graham , Bothe, Christina , Codecasa, Luigi , Costa, Patrizia , Dominguez, Jose , Duarte, Raquel , Fløe, Andreas , Fresard, Isabelle , García-García, José-María , Goletti, Delia , Halm, Petra , Hellwig, Doris , Henninger, Eveline , Heykes-Uden, Helga , Horn, Liane , Kruczak, Katarzyna , Latorre, Irene , Pache, Geneviève , Rath, Heidrun , Ringshausen, Felix C. , Ruiz, Asunción Seminario , Solovic, Ivan , Souza-Galvão, Maria-Luiza de , Widmer, Ursula , Witte, Peter , Lange, Christoph and TBNET
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United States
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Latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is defined by a positive IFN-γ release assay (IGRA) result in the absence of active tuberculosis. Only few, mostly monocentric studies have evaluated the role of IGRAs to predict the development of tuberculosis in recent contacts in low-incidence countries of tuberculosis.
To analyze IGRA results...
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Risk Assessment of Tuberculosis in Contacts by IFN-γ Release Assays. A Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group Study
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Author / Creator
Sotgiu, Giovanni
Block, Michael
Dore, Simone
Altet, Neus
Blunschi, Rebecca
Bogyi, Matthias
Bothamley, Graham
Bothe, Christina
Codecasa, Luigi
Costa, Patrizia
Dominguez, Jose
Duarte, Raquel
Fløe, Andreas
Fresard, Isabelle
García-García, José-María
Goletti, Delia
Halm, Petra
Hellwig, Doris
Henninger, Eveline
Heykes-Uden, Helga
Horn, Liane
Kruczak, Katarzyna
Latorre, Irene
Pache, Geneviève
Rath, Heidrun
Ringshausen, Felix C.
Ruiz, Asunción Seminario
Solovic, Ivan
Souza-Galvão, Maria-Luiza de
Widmer, Ursula
Witte, Peter
Lange, Christoph
TBNET
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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_swepub_ki_se_515084
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_swepub_ki_se_515084
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1073-449X
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1535-4970
DOI
10.1164/rccm.201502-0232OC
