Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection as measured by the QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay and ESAT-6 free IGRA among adolescents in Mwanza, Tanzania.
<h4>Background</h4>The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is vastly higher than that of tuberculosis (TB) disease and this enormous reservoir of individuals with LTBI impacts the global TB control strategy. Adolescents are at greatest risk of TB infection and are thus an...
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Autores principales: | Kidola Jeremiah, Eric Lyimo, Christian Ritz, George PrayGod, Kathryn Tucker Rutkowski, Karen Smith Korsholm, Morten Ruhwald, Dereck Tait, Harleen M S Grewal, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/2c5ad83ca4084d5da8326d60ff5fbefb |
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