Risk Factors Associated with Positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and Tuberculin Skin Tests Results in Zambia and South Africa

Kwame Shanaube; James Hargreaves; Katherine Fielding; Ab Schaap; Katherine-Anne Lawrence; Bernadette Hensen; Charalambos Sismanidis; Angela Menezes; Nulda Beyers; Helen Ayles; Peter Godfrey-Faussett

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018206

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Risk Factors Associated with Positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and Tuberculin Skin Tests Results in Zambia and South Africa

Kwame Shanaube ,

* E-mail: kshanaube@zambart.org.zm

Affiliation ZAMBART Project, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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James Hargreaves,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Katherine Fielding,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Ab Schaap,

Affiliations ZAMBART Project, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Katherine-Anne Lawrence,

Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Bernadette Hensen,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Charalambos Sismanidis,

Affiliation Stop TB Department, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Angela Menezes,

Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Nulda Beyers,

Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Helen Ayles,

Affiliations ZAMBART Project, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Peter Godfrey-Faussett

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Risk Factors Associated with Positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and Tuberculin Skin Tests Results in Zambia and South Africa

Kwame Shanaube,
James Hargreaves,
Katherine Fielding,
Ab Schaap,
Katherine-Anne Lawrence,
Bernadette Hensen,
Charalambos Sismanidis,
Angela Menezes,
Nulda Beyers,
Helen Ayles

Published: April 4, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018206

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