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Interferon-Gamma Release Assays Could Supplant Tuberculin Skin Test
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Title Interferon-Gamma Release Assays Could Supplant Tuberculin Skin Test
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573456?src=rss
Description An interferon-gamma release assay is superior to the tuberculin skin test in identifying individuals at high risk of progressing to active tuberculosis (TB), among foreign-born populations with high rates of previous bacille Calmette-Gurin (BCG) vaccination for TB, according to a report by U.S. researchers in the April issue of Chest. Reuters Health Information
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Date Apr 25, 2008
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