| Literature DB >> 22291100 |
Aurélie Cobat1, Luis F Barrera, Hanna Henao, Patricia Arbeláez, Laurent Abel, Luis F García, Erwin Schurr, Alexandre Alcaïs.
Abstract
The tuberculin skin test (TST) measures the intensity of antimycobacterial acquired immunity and is used to diagnose latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We report evidence for a codominant gene explaining ∼65% of the TST variability. Disregarding the host genetic background may lead to misclassifications of TST-based diagnosis of latent M. tuberculosis infection.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22291100 PMCID: PMC3297651 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir972
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079