Comparative Performance of Tuberculin Skin Test, QuantiFERON-TB-Gold In Tube Assay, and T-Spot. TB Test in Contact Investigations for Tuberculosis
- 1 April 2009
- Vol. 135 (4) , 1010-1018
- https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.08-2048
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