Introduction In Hong Kong, tuberculin skin test (TST) with a 15 mm cut-off was used at 0 and 3 months for contact screening, but half of future tuberculosis cases might be missed. Follow-on interferon ...

In total, 55% of active tuberculosis, 99% of latent tuberculosis, 61% of hepatitis B, 35% of HIV, and 83% of hepatitis C ...

A recent study in The Journal of Gerontology analyses Medicare data from 3,588,671 Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed as having ...

Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) for latent tuberculosis infection among 335 ... Additionally, although the blood draw is simpler than managing a TST, it is just the first step of the process, ...

Interferon gamma release assay should be preferred over tuberculin skin test ... supported the undertaking of the systematic literature review (SLR),8 especially during validation steps (see below).

National screening guidelines have been revised but cost-effectiveness analyses are hampered by the lack of data on the comparative performance of tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) and interferon γ release ...

This useful study shows a protective role of type 1 IFN during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. It shows that the type 1 IFN response in human skin TST inversely correlates with TB severity, ...

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