Diagnostics
Researchers from Italy, the South Africa and Greece report recent findings in diagnostics
Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 2nd, 2006
Study 1: Two commercial blood tests have higher specificity than the tuberculin skin test.
According to recent research from Italy, "Two commercial blood assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection - T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold - have been separately compared with the tuberculin skin test. Our aim was to compare the efficacy of all three tests in the same population sample. We did a prospective study in 393 consecutively enrolled patients who were tested simultaneously with T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold because of suspected latent or...
Want to see the full article?
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Vaccine Weekly
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-08-02)
More Articles from Vaccine Weekly
- Meningitis Vaccine
Pneumococcal vaccination in infancy reduces nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage - Multiple Myeloma Pathogenesis
Oncogenic RAS mutations in myeloma cells induce cox-2 expression - Rheumatologic Diseases
Mycobacterium tuberculosis can affect musculoskeletal system - Tetanus Vaccine
Vaccine does not prevent uptake of tetanus toxin binding fragment by motor neurons - Anthrax Vaccine
Biological warfare vaccines generate long-lasting T cell responses - Anthrax Vaccine
LigoCyte awarded an additional $2.3M contract for mucosal anthrax vaccine - More from this issue of Vaccine Weekly
NewsRx is Social
Follow us on your favorite social network by clicking on a button below:
Top Medical Newsletters
Awards
Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2012
Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2011
Best e-Business Site, 2010
Best e-Business Site, 2009
Best e-Business Site, 2008
Best e-Business Site, 2007
Best e-Business Site, 2006
Best Healthcare Content, 2005
Best Overall Internet Site, 2005
Best Interactive Site, 2005
Facts & Stats
NewsRx also is available at LexisNexis, Gale, ProQuest, Factiva, Dialog, Thomson Reuters, NewsEdge, and Dow Jones.
- Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Health News and Media Publications
- Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Science Publications in Biology/Physiology
- Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top News and Media for the Business of Pharmaceuticals
- Amazon's Alexa 2010 PageRank: #2 News and Media Site for the Pharmaceutical Industry
