Sensitivity of IFN-γ Release Assay to Detect Latent Tuberculosis Infection Is Retained in HIV-Infected Patients but Dependent on HIV/AIDS Progression

• Farba Karam,

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie – Virologie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal

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• Fatou Mbow,

  Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Programme Tuberculose, Dakar, Senegal

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• Helen Fletcher,

  Affiliation Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Cheikh S. Senghor,

  Affiliation Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses, Hopital Fann, Dakar, Senegal

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• Koura D. Coulibaly,

  Affiliation Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses, Hopital Fann, Dakar, Senegal

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• Andrea M. LeFevre,

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Ndeye F. Ngom Gueye,

  Affiliation Centre de Traitement Ambulatoire, Hopital Fann, Dakar, Senegal

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• Tandakha Dieye,

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie – Virologie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal

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• Papa S. Sow,

  Affiliation Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses, Hopital Fann, Dakar, Senegal

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• Souleymane Mboup,

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie – Virologie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal

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• Christian Lienhardt

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: clienhardt@iuatld.org

  Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Programme Tuberculose, Dakar, Senegal, Clinical Trial Division, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Paris, France

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