Interferon-gamma Release Assays Should Not Replace Tuberculin Skin Tests in Screening Programs for Children

Marc Tebruegge1, Vanessa Clifford, Nigel Curtis

  • 1Academic Unit of Clinical and, Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine &, Institute for Life Sciences &, Global Health Research Institute, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology and NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Department of Microbiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

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