Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC)-II Part A: Comparison of the Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon-Gamma Release Assays in Diagnosing Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Prediction of Progression to Tuberculosis Disease

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This was a head-to-head comparison of three FDA-approved tests for TB infection (Tuberculin Skin Test, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube, and T-SPOT.TB) in populations at high risk of latent TB infection and/or progression to TB disease.

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57 https://data.cdc.gov/download/5hpj-p74g/application/x-zip-compressed

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  • interferon-gamma-release-assay-igra
  • tuberculosis
  • t-spot-tb-tspot
  • tuberculin-skin-test-tst
  • quantiferon-qft

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