Frequency and significance of indeterminate and borderline Quantiferon Gold TB IGRA results

James Brown, Kartik Kumar, Jacob Reading, Jennifer Harvey, Saraswathi Murthy, Santino Capocci, Susan Hopkins, Suranjith Seneviratne, Ian Cropley, Marc Lipman

Source: Eur Respir J, 50 (4) 1701267; 10.1183/13993003.01267-2017
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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