Use of interferon-gamma release assays in diagnosis of active TB infection - Experience of a rural UK hospital

S. Roberts, J. Anderson, P. Godwin, H. S. R. Hosker (Keighley, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Tuberculosis diagnosis
Session: Tuberculosis diagnosis
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 501
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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S. Roberts, J. Anderson, P. Godwin, H. S. R. Hosker (Keighley, United Kingdom). Use of interferon-gamma release assays in diagnosis of active TB infection - Experience of a rural UK hospital. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 501

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