Open AccessPreventive tuberculosis treatment effect on QuantiFERON TB-Gold in-tube testing in a high tuberculosis-endemic country: A clinical trial
Author(s) -
Qingluan Yang,
Qiaoling Ruan,
Xuefeng Liu,
Yaojie Shen,
Tian Jiang,
Jing Wu,
Limin Cai,
Ke-chuan Pan,
Miao-yao Lin,
Xi-tian Huang,
Lingyun Shao,
Wenhong Zhang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.11.023
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , quantiferon , gold standard (test) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , latent tuberculosis , pathology
Whether T-cell interferon-γ responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens can be influenced by tuberculosis preventive treatment in a high-endemic country is uncertain.
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