Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: sensible or silly?

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  European Respiratory Journal

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1183/09031936.00019709PMID 19483044
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