Determining Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among BCG-Immunised Ugandan Children by T-SPOT.TB and Tuberculin Skin Testing

Gyaviira Nkurunungi; Jimreeves E. Lutangira; Swaib A. Lule; Hellen Akurut; Robert Kizindo; Joseph R. Fitchett; Dennison Kizito; Ismail Sebina; Lawrence Muhangi; Emily L. Webb; Stephen Cose; Alison M. Elliott

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047340

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Determining Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among BCG-Immunised Ugandan Children by T-SPOT.TB and Tuberculin Skin Testing

Gyaviira Nkurunungi ,

* E-mail: gyaviira.nkurunungi@mrcuganda.org

Affiliation Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
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Jimreeves E. Lutangira,

Affiliation Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
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Swaib A. Lule,

Affiliation Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
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Hellen Akurut,

Affiliation Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
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Robert Kizindo,

Affiliation Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
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Joseph R. Fitchett,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Dennison Kizito,

Affiliation Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
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Ismail Sebina,

Affiliation Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
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Lawrence Muhangi,

Affiliation Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
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Emily L. Webb,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Stephen Cose,

Affiliations Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Alison M. Elliott

Affiliations Co-infection Studies Programme, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Determining Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among BCG-Immunised Ugandan Children by T-SPOT.TB and Tuberculin Skin Testing

Gyaviira Nkurunungi,
Jimreeves E. Lutangira,
Swaib A. Lule,
Hellen Akurut,
Robert Kizindo,
Joseph R. Fitchett,
Dennison Kizito,
Ismail Sebina,
Lawrence Muhangi,
Emily L. Webb

Published: October 15, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047340

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