Discriminating active from latent tuberculosis in patients presenting to community clinics.

Discriminating active from latent tuberculosis in patients presenting to community clinics.

<h4>Background</h4>Because of the high global prevalence of latent TB infection (LTBI), a key challenge in endemic settings is distinguishing patients with active TB from patients with overlapping clinical symptoms without active TB but with co-existing LTBI. Current methods are insuffic...

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Main Authors: Gurjinder Sandhu, Francesca Battaglia, Barry K Ely, Dimitrios Athanasakis, Rosario Montoya, Teresa Valencia, Robert H Gilman, Carlton A Evans, Jon S Friedland, Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes, Daniel D Agranoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0038080&type=printable
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