Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Interferon-gamma release assay tests for diagnosing tuberculosis infection and disease
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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K. Lewandowska, U. Demkow, M. Filewska, M. Korzeniewska-Kosela, P. Sapigorski, J. Kus (Warsaw, Poland). Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Mazovia Region in Poland – population study using interferon – gamma release assay and tuberculin skin test. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 2517

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