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  2. Quantiferon - Wikipedia

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    A positive IGRA result may not necessarily indicate TB infection, but can also be caused by infection with non-tuberculous mycobacteria. A negative IGRA does not rule out active TB disease; a number of studies have shown that up to a quarter of patients with active TB have negative IGRA results.

  3. Interferon gamma release assay - Wikipedia

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    IFN-γ release assays for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 : The blood samples were collected in a set of lithium heparin tubes; The first tube without stimulation was left as a control; the second tube was stimulated with a single SARS-CoV-2 peptide pool for CD4+ T cells and the third tube was stimulated with a SARS-CoV-2 peptide pool for CD8+ T ...

  4. Diagnosis of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    In a recently published metaanalysis, [26] with data from both developed and developing countries, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube had a pooled sensitivity for active TB of 81% and specificity of 99.2%, whereas T-SPOT.TB had a pooled sensitivity of 87.5% and specificity of 86.3%. In head-to-head comparisons, the sensitivity of IGRAs surpassed TST.

  5. T-SPOT.TB - Wikipedia

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    T-SPOT.TB counts the number of antimycobacterial effector T cells, white blood cells that produce interferon-gamma, in a sample of blood.This gives an overall measurement of the host immune response against mycobacteria, which can reveal the presence of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB).

  6. Latent tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    The phenomenon of boosting is one way of obtaining a false positive test result. Theoretically, a person's ability to develop a reaction to the TST may decrease over time – for example, a person is infected with latent TB as a child, and is administered a TST as an adult.

  7. False claim that study found myocarditis only after vaccine ...

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    The claim: Study shows myocarditis and pericarditis only appear after COVID-19 vaccination, not after COVID-19 infection. A June 24 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of ...

  8. What Really Causes a False Positive COVID-19 Test? Experts ...

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    False positive COVID-19 tests—when your result is positive, but you aren’t actually infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus—are a real, if unlikely, possibility, especially if you don’t perform ...

  9. Louisiana detects first presumptive positive human case of ...

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    (Reuters) -The Louisiana Department of Health said on Friday it has detected the first presumptive positive human case of H5N1 bird flu infection in the U.S. state. The individual is a resident of ...

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