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Category: Immunology
Immunological Tests in Tuberculosis, Page 1 of 2
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Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common serious bacterial infections and remains a major challenge to global health. One-third of the human population has been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Globally, drug-resistant tuberculosis is emerging as a new epidemic, with approximately 0.5 million new multidrug-resistant cases annually. TB is second only to HIV as a worldwide cause of death from an infectious disease, and HIV infection, in turn, is a major risk factor for TB.
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Definition of a positive tuberculin test
Definition of a positive tuberculin test
Methodological characteristics of T-SPOT and QFT-GIT assays
Methodological characteristics of T-SPOT and QFT-GIT assays
Sensitivities and specificities of QFT-GIT, T-SPOT, and TST assays
Sensitivities and specificities of QFT-GIT, T-SPOT, and TST assays