Serial Testing for Tuberculosis: Can We Make Sense of T Cell Assay Conversions and Reversions?
Open Access
- 12 June 2007
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 4 (6), e208
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040208
Abstract
The authors discuss a new study, which they say is a valuable addition to the existing literature on the performance of interferon gamma release assays in serial testing for TB infection.Keywords
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