Low concordance between QIAreach QuantiFERON-TB, a novel interferon-gamma release assay, and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, in a population-based survey in Blantyre, Malawi
Rickman H, Phiri M, Mbale H, Horton K, Henrion M, Nightingale E, Seddon J, Corbett E, MacPherson P. Low concordance between QIAreach QuantiFERON-TB, a novel interferon-gamma release assay, and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, in a population-based survey in Blantyre, Malawi. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2024, 63: e01323-24. PMID: 39699188, PMCID: PMC11784431, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01323-24.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterferon-gamma release assayQuantiFERON-TB Gold PlusPopulation-based surveyQFT-PlusQuantiFERON-TBChildren aged 1Gold PlusRelease assayCross-sectional surveyDiagnostic evaluationMtb infectionPopulation-representative sampleSample of children aged 1Young childrenTime to positivityAged 1Primary careLow-income countriesHigh-burden countriesHigh-burden settingsTB goalsHigh-incidence settingsLow-incomeVolume of venous bloodQFT results
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