Interferon-γ release assays in tuberculosis contacts: is there a window period?

Eur Respir J. 2011 Jan;37(1):215-7. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00030610.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interferon-gamma / metabolism*
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / metabolism*
  • Prospective Studies
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Tuberculin Test
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / transmission*

Substances

  • Interferon-gamma