Open AccessEvaluation of a new tuberculosis-related interferon gamma release assay for tuberculosis infection diagnosis in Huzhou, eastern China
Author(s) -
Fuchu Qian,
Weihong Wang,
Zhihong Qiu,
Yiqun Shen,
Jiangfang He,
Dongli Li,
Jing Zhong,
Licheng Dai
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.118694
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , predictive value , interferon gamma release assay , interferon γ , tuberculosis diagnosis , active tuberculosis , interferon gamma , immunology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , gastroenterology , pathology , cytokine , latent tuberculosis
To compare the performance of a new tuberculosis-related interferon gamma release assay (TB-IGRA) with that of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) for TB infection diagnosis in China.