Defining an intermediate category of tuberculin skin test: A mixture model analysis of two high-risk populations from Kampala, Uganda.
One principle of tuberculosis control is to prevent the development of tuberculosis disease by treating individuals with latent tuberculosis infection. The diagnosis of latent infection using the tuberculin skin test is not straightforward because of concerns about immunologic cross reactivity with...
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| Main Authors: | Henok G Woldu, Sarah Zalwango, Leonardo Martinez, María Eugenia Castellanos, Robert Kakaire, Juliet N Sekandi, Noah Kiwanuka, Christopher C Whalen |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0245328&type=printable |
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