Interferon-Gamma Release Assay is Not Appropriate for the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis in High-Burden Tuberculosis Settings: A Retrospective Multicenter Investigation.
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| Abstract |    :  
                  Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) has been used in latent tuberculosis (TB) infection and TB diagnosis, but the results from different high TB-endemic countries are different. The aim of this study was to investigate the value of IGRA in the diagnosis of active pulmonary TB (PTB) in China.  | 
        
| Year of Publication |    :  
                  2018 
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| Journal |    :  
                  Chinese medical journal 
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| Volume |    :  
                  131 
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| Issue |    :  
                  3 
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| Number of Pages |    :  
                  268-275 
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| Date Published |    :  
                  2018 
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| ISSN Number |    :  
                  0366-6999 
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| DOI |    :  
                  10.4103/0366-6999.223860 
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| Short Title |    :  
                  Chin Med J (Engl) 
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