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American Society for Microbiology, Microbiology Spectrum, 3(9), 2021
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00972-21
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Identification of Recent Tuberculosis Exposure Using QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, a Multicenter Study
Journal article published in 2021 by
Sandra Pérez-Recio,
Natàlia Pallarès,
Maria D. Grijota-Camino,
Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá,
Laura Barcia,
Silvia Campos-Gutiérrez,
Virginia Pomar,
Ramón Rabuñal-Rey,
María Elvira Balcells 
,
Deniz Gazel,
Natalia Montiel,
Diego Vicente,
Ivana Goić-Barišić,
Thomas Schön ,
Jakob Paues
and other authors.
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Deniz Gazel,
Natalia Montiel,
Diego Vicente,
Ivana Goić-Barišić,
Thomas Schön ,
Jakob Paues
and other authors.
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Abstract
Contact tuberculosis tracing is essential to identify recently infected people, who therefore merit preventive treatment. However, there are no diagnostic tests that can determine whether the infection is a result of a recent exposure or not.