Open AccessComparison of QuantiFERON-TB gold in tube test versus tuberculin skin test for screening of latent tuberculosis infection in Saudi Arabia: A population-based study
Author(s) -
Hanan H. Balkhy,
Kamel El Beltagy,
Aiman El-Saed,
Badr Aljasir,
Abdulhakeem Althaqafi,
Adel Alothman,
Mohammad Alshalaan,
Hamdan Al-Jahdali
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.185759
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculin , concordance , latent tuberculosis , quantiferon , tuberculosis , population , skin test , gold standard (test) , vaccination , cross sectional study , pediatrics , immunology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , environmental health , pathology
To compare QuantiFERON-TB gold in tube (QFT-GIT) test with tuberculin skin test (TST) in detecting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among a general population in Saudi Arabia.