Comparison of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold assay and tuberculin skin test to detect latent tuberculosis infection among target groups in Trinidad & Tobago Comparación entre la prueba QuantiFERON®-TB Gold y la prueba cutánea de la tuberculina para detectar la infección tuberculosa latente en grupos destinatarios en Trinidad y Tabago

• Main Authors: Shirematee Baboolal, Dottin Ramoutar, Patrick Eberechi Akpaka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2010
• Subjects: Tuberculosis latente; prueba de tuberculina; prueba ELISA; Trinidad y Tabago; Latent tuberculosis; tuberculin test; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Trinidad and Tobago; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Trinidad
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/a2c4d761eb734869a2d98ba93687965a

OBJECTIVE: To compare the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold (QFT-G) assay and tuberculin skin test (TST) in screening/diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among individuals in Trinidad & Tobago at high risk for TB. METHODS: A total of 560 individuals (TB patient contacts, HIV patients, health ca...