Interferon release does not add discriminatory value to smear-negative HIV-tuberculosis algorithms.

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Published in Eur Respir J on June 30, 2011

Authors

M X Rangaka1, H P Gideon, K A Wilkinson, M Pai, J Mwansa-Kambafwile, G Maartens, J R Glynn, A Boulle, K Fielding, R Goliath, R Titus, S Mathee, R J Wilkinson

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Research School of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa. mxrangaka@yahoo.co.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Isoniazid Plus Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent Tuberculosis in HIV-infected Persons (HAART-IPT) | NCT00463086

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