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SUBMITTER: Jonnalagadda SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4339676 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jonnalagadda S R SR Brown E E Lohman-Payne B B Wamalwa D D Farquhar C C John-Stewart G C GC
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 20131201 12
<h4>Background</h4>Data on the prognostic utility of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) for active tuberculosis (TB) among human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infected individuals are limited.<h4>Methods</h4>Samples from a perinatal cohort of HIV-1-infected women in Kenya, obtained during pregnancy, were tested using T-SPOT®.TB IGRAs to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) responses. IFN-γ (cut-off values of >0, ≥6 and ≥10 spot-forming cells [SFC]/well) and ...[more]