Multicenter clinical evaluation of three commercial reagent kits based on the interferon-gamma release assay for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis in China

Objective: To evaluate the performance of three interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) kits in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in China. Methods: A multicenter clinical trial was used to compare the effectiveness and application of the three kits. A total of 1026 participants were enro...

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Main Authors: Yan Qiu, Yansen Wang, Nan Lin, Mingxiang Huang, Yunhong Tan, Qing Wang, Yi Jiang, Haican Liu, Jiao Liu, Jingrui Zhang, Jue Wang, Xinchan Chen, Dongping Wang, Guilian Li, Zhongnan Chen, Lishui Zhang, Dixun Bao, Lili Zhao, Chaxiang Guan, Kanlgin Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215002143