Tuberculosis
Reports summarize tuberculosis study results from J.P. Janssens and co-researchers
Published in AIDS Weekly, January 28th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Quantitative scoring of an interferon-gamma assay for differentiating active from latent tuberculosis.' According to recent research published in the European Respiratory Journal, "The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of an interferon-gamma release assay (T-SPOT.TB) to the differentiation of active tuberculosis (TB) from latent TB infection by quantifying spot-forming units (sfu). The investigation was a prospective study of contacts exposed to a case of contagious TB and cases of HIV-negative culture-proven TB referred over a 16-month period."
"Tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) and T-SPOT.TB were performed...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2008-01-28)
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