Interferon- release assays for the diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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- 28 October 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 37 (1), 88-99
- https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00115110
Abstract
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the accuracy of the QuantiFERON-TB® Gold In-Tube (QFT-G-IT) and the T-SPOT®.TB assays with the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI).Keywords
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