Title |
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in Sudan: a case–control study comparing interferon-γ release assay and tuberculin skin test
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, December 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1128 |
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Authors |
Amani Osman Shakak, Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil, Ahmed Mudawi Musa, Kawthar Abd Eljalil Mohamed Salih, Abd Elgadir Ali Bashir, Ala Hassan Ahmed, Fath Elrahman Mohamed Idris, Ahmed Mohamed Elhassan, Tuberculosis Research Group/Sudan |
Abstract |
Most people exposed to M. tuberculosis show no evidence of clinical disease. Five to 10% of individuals with latent infection progress to develop overt disease during their life time. Identification of people with latent TB infection will increase case detection rates and may dictate new treatment policies to control tuberculosis. This study aimed to determine LTBI point prevalence in a population from Sudan using two different diagnostic methods: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the IFN-γ release assay (IGRA). |
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New Zealand | 1 | 17% |
Unknown | 4 | 67% |
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Scientists | 2 | 33% |
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Researcher | 12 | 15% |
Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
Other | 14 | 18% |
Unknown | 13 | 16% |
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 5% |
Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
Other | 9 | 11% |
Unknown | 19 | 24% |