The assessment of cytokines in Quantiferon supernatants for the diagnosis of latent TB infection in a tribal population of Melghat, India

The assessment of cytokines in Quantiferon supernatants for the diagnosis of latent TB infection in a tribal population of Melghat, India

Summary: The tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA), namely, the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test (QFT), remain the standard immunological diagnostic tools for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI). However, the sub-optimal detection rates of both of these tests are major...

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Main Authors: Prachi R. Bapat, Aliabbas A. Husain, Hatim F. Daginawala, Neha P. Agrawal, Milind S. Panchbhai, Ashish R. Satav, Girdhar M. Taori, Rajpal S. Kashyap
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034115000404

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