Automation of an interferon-γ release assay and comparison to the tuberculin skin test for screening basic military trainees for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
We automated portions of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT) and assessed its quality when performed concurrently with the tuberculin skin test (TST) among U.S. Air Force basic military trainees (BMTs). The volume of blood collected for QFT-GIT was monitored. At least one of the three tub...
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 179; no. 3; pp. 333 - 342 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2014
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