Feasibility, acceptability, and cost of tuberculosis testing by whole-blood interferon-gamma assay
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is recommended in some settings as an alternative to the tuberculin skin test (TST). Outcomes from field implementation of the IGRA for routine tuberculosis (TB) testing have not...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/6/47 |