Oxford University Press, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 3(60), p. 432-437, 2014
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu795
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Immune-based assays are promising tools to help to formulate diagnosis of active tuberculosis. A multiparameter flow cytometry assay assessing T-cell responses specific to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the combination of both CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses accurately discriminated between active tuberculosis and latent infection.