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of 'Interferon-gamma release assays for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection'
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Novel and improved technologies for tuberculosis diagnosis: progress and challenges.
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Pai M, Minion J, Sohn H, Zwerling A, Perkins MD
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Clin Chest Med. 2009;30(4):701.
Despite a decade of success in improving cure rates for tuberculosis (TB), diagnosis and case detection remain a major obstacle to TB control. This article reviews the existing evidence base on TB diagnostics, describes the progress of new technologies, and ends with a review of cost-effectiveness and modeling studies on the potential effect of new diagnostics in TB control.
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Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics&Occupational Health, McGill University, 1020 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, H3A 1A2, Canada. madhukar.pai@mcgill.ca
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