A Three-Way Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Testing, QuantiFERON-TB Gold and T-SPOT. TB in Children

Tom G Connell; Nicole Ritz; Georgia A Paxton; Jim P Buttery; Nigel Curtis; Sarath C Ranganathan

Journal article

A Three-Way Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Testing, QuantiFERON-TB Gold and T-SPOT. TB in Children

Tom G Connell, Nicole Ritz, Georgia A Paxton, Jim P Buttery, Nigel Curtis, Sarath C Ranganathan

PLoS One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2008

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002624

University of Melbourne Researchers

Georgia Paxton Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Sarath Ranganathan Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Jim Buttery Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Nigel Curtis Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Grants

Awarded by European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Awarded by Nossal

Funding Acknowledgements

This project was supported by a grant from the John Burge Trust Victoria. Tom G Connell is supported by fellowship awards from the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and the Nossal. Institute of Global Health. Nicole Ritz is supported by fellowship awards from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Funding bodies had no role in data analysis or in the preparation of the manuscript.