The Likelihood of an Indeterminate Test Result from a Whole-Blood Interferon-&ggr; Release Assay for the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Children Correlates With Age and Immune Status

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  2009

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  The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a16394PMID 19633512
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