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Interferon Gamma Release Assay - Selected Bibliography (updated September, 2010) Adetifa IM, et al. Commercial Interferon Gamma Release Assays Compared to the Tuberculin Skin Test for Diagnosis of Latent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Childhood Contacts in the Gambia. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 29(5):439-43, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Adetifa IM, et al. Comparison of Two Interferon Gamma Release Assays in the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in The Gambia. BMC Infectious Diseases. 7:122, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected] Altet-Gómez N, et al. Diagnosing TB Infection in Children: Analysis of Discordances using In Vitro Tests and Tuberculin Skin Test. European Respiratory Journal: Official Journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology. [Epub ahead of print], 2010. Article: http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2010/08/19/09031936.00022710.long American Thoracic Society. Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 49(RR6):1–51, 2000. Article: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4906a1.htm Arend SM, et al. Comparison of Two Interferon-Gamma Assays and Tuberculin Skin Test for Tracing Tuberculosis Contacts. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine. 175(6):618–27, 2007. Article: http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/short/175/6/618 Bamford AR, et al. Comparison of Interferon-gamma Release Assays and Tuberculin Skin Test in Predicting Active Tuberculosis (TB) in Children in the UK- a Paediatric TB Network Study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 95(3):180-6, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Bakir M, et al. Prognostic Value of a T-Cell–Based, Interferon-Gamma Biomarker in Children with Tuberculosis Contact. Annals of Internal Medicine. 149 (11): 777-787, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Bakir M, et al. Use of T Cell–Based Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection to Optimize Interpretation of Tuberculin Skin Testing for Child Tuberculosis Contacts. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 48(3):302–12, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Bartu V, et al. QuantiFERON-TB Gold in the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis. Journal of International Medical Research. 36(3):434–7, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Bennett DE, et al. Prevalence of Tuberculosis Infection in the United States Population: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2000. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 177:348–355, 2008. Article: http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/short/177/3/348 Bergamini BM, et al. Performance of Commercial Blood Tests for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics. 123(3):e419-24, 2009. Article: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/123/3/e419 Beveridge NE, et al. A Comparison of IFNgamma Detection Methods Used in Tuberulosis Vaccine Trails. Tuberculosis. 88(6):631-40, 2008. Emails for reprint: [email protected] Bianchi L, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Improves the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 28(6):510-14, 2009. Emails for reprints: [email protected]. Bocchino M, et al. IFN-Gamma Release Assays in Tuberculosis Management in Selected High-Risk Populations. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 9(2):165-77, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Bosshard V, et al. Do Results of the T-SPOT.TB Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Change after Treatment of Tuberculosis? Respiratory Medicine. 103:30–4, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Bruzzese E, et al. Gamma Interferon Release Assays for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Immune-Compromised Children in a Country Which the Prevalence of Tuberculosis is Low. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47(7):2355-7 2009. Emails for reprints: [email protected] Chee CB, et al. Comparison of Sensitivities of Two Commercial Gamma Interferon Release Assays for Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46(6):1935–1940, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Chun JK, et al. The Role of a Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Assay for the Detection of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccinated Children. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 62(4):389-94, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Connell TG, et al. Early Detection of Perinatal Tuberculosis Using a Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Release Assay. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 42(11):e82–5, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected] Connell TG, et al. Performance of a Whole Blood Interferon Gamma Assay for Detecting Latent Infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Children. Thorax, 61(7):616–20, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected] 2 Connell TG, et al. Reversion and Conversion of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis IFNgamma ELISpot Results during Anti-Tuberculous Treatment in HIV-infected Children. BMC Infectious Diseases. 10:138, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Connell TG, et al. A Three-Way Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Testing, QuantiFERONTB Gold and T-SPOT.TB in Children. PLoS ONE. 3(7):e2624, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Connell TG, et al. Indeterminate Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Results in Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 29(3):285-6, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Davies MA, et al. Detection of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Children using an EnzymeLinked Immunospot Assay. AIDS. 23(8):961-9, 2009. Emails for reprint: [email protected] Detjen AK, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays Improve the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease in Children in a Country with a Low Incidence of Tuberculosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 45(3):322-8, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected] Diel R, et al. Comparative Performance of Tuberculin Skin Test, QuantiFERON-TBGold In Tube Assay, and T-Spot.TB Test in Contact Investigations for Tuberculosis. Chest. 135(4):1010–18, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Dogra S, et al. Comparison of a Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Assay with Tuberculin Skin Testing for the Detection of Tuberculosis Infection in Hospitalized Children in Rural India. Journal of Infection. 54(3):267-76, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected] Domínguez J et al. Comparison of Two Commercially Available Gamma-Interferon Blood Tests for Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology: CVI. 15(1):168-71, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Ewer K, et al. Comparison of T-Cell-Based Assay with Tuberculin Skin Test for Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in a School Tuberculosis Outbreak. Lancet. 361(9364):1168–73, 2003. Email for reprints: [email protected] Farhat M, et al. False-Positive Tuberculin Skin Tests: What is the Absolute Effect of BCG and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria? International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 10(11):1192–1204, 2006. Article: http://docstore.ingenta.com/cgibin/ds_deliver/1/u/d/ISIS/58720515.1/iuatld/ijtld/2006/00000010/00000011/art00003/53 26248AB5B4E92C12851308625CD3A82F55A4D712.pdf?link=http://www.ingentaconn ect.com/error/delivery&format=pdf Ferrara G, et al. Use in Routine Clinical Practice of Two Commercial Blood Tests for Diagnosis of Infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: a Prospective Study. Lancet. 367:1328–34, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected] Franken WPJ, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays During Follow-Up of Tuberculin Skin Test-Positive Contacts. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 12(11):1286–94, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Gaseitsiwe S, et al. Pattern Recognition in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Defined by High Content Peptide Microarray Chip Analysis Representing 61 Proteins from M. Tuberculosis. PLoS ONE. 3(12):e3840, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Goletti D, et al. Accuracy of an Immune Diagnostic Assay Based on RD1 Selected Epitopes for Active Tuberculosis in a Clinical Setting: a Pilot Study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 12:544–50, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected] Grare M, et al. QuantiFERON((R))-TB Gold In-Tube as Help for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a French Pediatric Hospital. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 66(4):366-72, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Hansted E, et al. T-Cell-Based Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Children in Lithuania: a Country of High Incidence Despite a High Coverage with Bacille CalmetteGuerin Vaccination. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 9:41, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Harada N, et al. Comparison of the Sensitivity and Specificity of Two Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Assays for M. Tuberculosis Infection. Journal of Infection. 56(5):348–353, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Hauck FR, et al. Identification and Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection. American Family Physician. 79(10):879-86, 2009. Article: http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0515/p879.html Haustein T, et al. The Likelihood of an Indeterminate Test Result from a Whole-Blood Interferon-Gamma Release Assay for the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Children Correlates With Age and Immune Status. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 28(8): 669-73, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Herrmann JL, et al. Temporal Dynamics of Interferon Gamma Responses in Children Evaluated for Tuberculosis. PLoS ONE. 4(1):e4130, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Hesseling AC, et al. Highly Discordant T-cell Responses in Individuals with Recent Household Tuberculosis Exposure. Thorax. 64:840–846, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] 4 Heymann SJ, et al. Pediatric tuberculosis: What Needs to be Done to Decrease Morbidity and Mortality. Pediatrics 106:E1, 2000. Email for reprints: [email protected] Higuchi K, et al. Use of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold to Investigate Tuberculosis Contacts in a High School. Respirology. 12(1):88–92, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected] Higuchi K, et al. Contact Investigation in a Primary School using a Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Assay. Journal of Infection 58(5):352-7, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Hill PC, et al. Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test in Healthy Children Exposed to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Pediatrics. 117(5):1542-8, 2006. Website for reprints: http://www.pediatrics.org/misc/reprints.shtml Janssens JP, et al. Contribution of a IFN-Gamma Assay in Contact Tracing for Tuberculosis in a Low-Incidence, High Immigration Area. Swiss Medical Weekly.138(3940):585–93, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Janssens JP, et al. Quantitative Scoring of an Interferon-Gamma Assay for Differentiating Active from Latent Tuberculosis. European Respiratory Journal. 30(4):722–728, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected] Kampmann B, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays do not Identify More Children with Active Tuberculosis than the Tuberculin Skin Test. European Respiratory Journal. 33(6):1374-82, 2009 Email for reprints: [email protected] Lalvani A, Millington KA. T Cell-Based Diagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis Infection. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 20(3):264–71, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected] Lange C, Mori T. Advances in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Respirology. 15(2):220-40, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Lee JY, et al. Comparison of Two Commercial Interferon-Gamma Assays for Diagnosing Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection. European Respiratory Journal. 28(1):24–30, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected] Lew WJ, et al. Combined use of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay and Chest Computed Tomography in a Tuberculosis Outbreak. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease: the Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease. 13(5): 633-9, 2009. Article: http://docstore.ingenta.com/cgibin/ds_deliver/1/u/d/ISIS/58720602.1/iuatld/ijtld/2009/00000013/00000005/art00018/4F 9431ED93D7CF861285131387AB24B196D4741F46.pdf?link=http://www.ingentaconne ct.com/error/delivery&format=pdf Lewinsohn DA. Embracing Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 28(8):674-5, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Lewinsohn DA, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays: New Diagnostic Tests for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection, and their Use in Children. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 22(1):71-6, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Lewinsohn DA, et al. Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Responses to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Antigens in Young Household Contacts of Persons with Tuberculosis in Uganda. PLoS ONE. 3(10):e3407, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Lewinsohn DA, et al. Tuberculosis Immunology in Children: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges and Opportunities. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 8(5):658–674, 2004. Email for reprints: [email protected] Liebeschuetz S, et al. Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in South African Children with a T-cellBased Assay: a Prospective Cohort Study. Lancet 364(9452):2196–203, 2004. Email for reprints: [email protected] Lighter J, et al. Chemokine IP-10: An Adjunct Marker for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 13(6): 731–6, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Lighter J, et al. Latent Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Children by Using the QuantiFERONTB Gold In-Tube Test. Pediatrics.123(1):30-7, 2009. Website for reprints: http://www.pediatrics.org/misc/reprints.shtml Lighter J. Rigaud M., Diagnosing Childhood Tuberculosis: Traditional and Innovative Modalities. Current Problems Pediatric & Adolescent Health Care. 39(3):61-88, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Lucas M, et al. A Prospective Large-Scale Study of Methods for the Detection of Latent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Refugee Children. Thorax. 65(5):442-8, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Magdorf K, et al. T-Cell Responses Against Tuberculin and Sensitin in Children With Tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacterial Lymphadenopathy. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 14(11):1079–83, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Mandalakas AM, et al. High Level of Discordant IGRA Results in HIV-Infected Adults and Children. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 12(4):417–23, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Mandalakas AM, et al. Interpretation of Repeat Tuberculin Skin Testing in International 6 Adoptees: Conversions or Boosting. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 27(10):913-9, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Marais BJ, Pai M. Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 92(5):446-52, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected] Mazurek GH, et al. Provisional Guide-lines for use of Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) to Detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in the United States. National TB Meeting, Atlanta, GA; 18 June 2009. Article: Https://www.signup4.net/Upload/NTCA10A/2004221E/2009NTC.PPT%20Presentation. Mazurek.pdf. Molicotti P, et al. Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Testing in a Tuberculosis Outbreak at a Primary School. Journal of Pediatrics. 152(4):585-6, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Mori T. Usefulness of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for Diagnosing TB Infection and Problems with these Assays. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy: Official Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy. 15(3):143-55, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] Méndez Echevarría A, et al. Lack of Sensitivity of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test in Tube in a Child with Tuberculous Meningitis. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 29(7):6834, 2010. Article: http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/sp3.2.2b/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&AN=00006454-20100700000032&NEWS=N&CSC=Y&CHANNEL=PubMed Nakaoka H, et al. Risk for Tuberculosis Among Children. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 12(9):1383-8, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected] Neira-Munoz E, et al. Extensive Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Among Children on a School Bus. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 27(9):835-7, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Nelson LJ, Wells CD. Global Epidemiology of Childhood Tuberculosis. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 8:636–647, 2004. Email for reprints: [email protected] Nicol MP, et al. Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay Responses to Early Secretory Antigenic Target 6, Culture Filtrate Protein 10, and Purified Protein Derivative Among Children with Tuberculosis: Implications for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 40(9):1301–8, 2005. Email for reprints: [email protected] Nicol MP, et al. Comparison of T-SPOT.TB Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test for the Evaluation of Young Children at High Risk for Tuberculosis in a Community Setting. Pediatrics. 123(1):38-43, 2009. Website for Reprints: http://www.pediatrics.org/misc/reprints.shtml Nsutebu E, et al. Use of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test in the Investigation of Unexplained Positive Tuberculin Skin Tests. Public Health. 122(1):1284-7, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Ohno H, et al. A Contact Investigation of the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis from a Nurse Working in a Newborn Nursery and Maternity Ward. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 14(1):66–71, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Okada K, et al. Performance of an Interferon-Gamma Release Assay for Diagnosing Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children. Epidemiology and Infection. 136(9)1179-87, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Pai M, et al. Systematic Review: T-Cell-Based Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Update. Annals of Internal Medicine. 149(3):177–184, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Pai M, Menzies D. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays: What is their Role in the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis? Clinical Infectious Diseases. 44(1):74–77, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected] Palazzo R, et al.Use of Whole-Blood Samples in In-House Bulk and Single-Cell AntigenSpecific Gamma Interferon Assays for Surveillance of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infections. Clinical & Vaccine Immunology: CVI. 15:327–337, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Paranjothy S, et al. Extensive Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis from 9 Year Old Child with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Negative Sputum Smear. British Medical Journal. 337:573-74, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Petrucci R, et al. Interferon Gamma, Interferon-Gamma-Induced-Protein 10, and Tuberculin Responses of Children at High Risk of Tuberculosis Infection. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 27(12):1073-7, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Powell DA. Interferon Gamma Release Assays in the Evaluation of Children with Possible Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection: a View to Caution. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 28(8)676-7, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] 8 Ruhwald M, et al. Evaluating the Potential of IP-10 and MCP-2 as Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. European Respiratory Journal. 32(6):1607–15, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Soburg B, et al. Ongoing Tuberculosis Transmission to Children in Greenland. European Respiratory Journal: the Official Journal of the European Society for clinical Respiratory Physiology. [Epub ahead of print] 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Soysal A, et al. Evaluation of Cut-off Values of Interferon-Gamma-Based Assays in the Diagnosis of M. Tuberculosis Infection. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.12(1):50–6, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Stefan DC, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for the Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Children with Cancer. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease: the Official Journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 14(6):689-94, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Stout JE, Menzies D. Predicting Tuberculosis: Does the IGRA Tell the Tale? American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 177(10):1055-7, 2008. Article: http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/177/10/1055 Tavast E, et al. IGRA Tests Perform Similarly to TST but Cause No Adverse Reactions: Pediatric Experience in Finland. BMC Research Notes 15;2:9, 2009. Reprints: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/2/9. Taylor RE, et al. Potential Effect of NICE Tuberculosis Guidelines on Pediatric Tuberculosis Screening. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 93(3):200-3, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected] Tsiouris SJ, et al. Results of a Tuberculosis-Specific IFN-Gamma Assay in Children at High Risk for Tuberculosis Infection. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 10(8):939–41, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected]. Tsiouris SJ, et al. Sensitivity Analysis and Potential Uses of a Novel Gamma Interferon Release Assay for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44(8):2844–2850, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected]. Tsolia MN, et al. Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Release Assay is a Useful Tool for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection Particularly among Bacille Calmette GuerinVaccinated Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. [Epub ahead of print]. 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected] Tuuminen T, et al. Feasibility of Commercial Interferon-Gamma-Based Methods for the Diagnosis of Latent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Finland, a Country of Low Incidence and High Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Coverage. Clinical Microbiology and Infection: the Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 13(8):836-8, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected] Warier A, et al. T-cell Assay as a Diagnostic Tool for Tuberculosis. Indian Pediatrics. 47(1):90-2, 2010. Article: http://www.indianpediatrics.net/jan2010/90.pdf Whittaker E, et al. Is IP-10 a Better Biomarker for Active and Latent Tuberculosis in Children than IFN gamma? PLoS ONE. 3(12):e3901, 2008. E-mail for reprints: [email protected] Winje BA, et al. School Based Screening for Tuberculosis Infection in Norway: Comparison of Positive Tuberculin Skin Test with Interferon-Gamma Release Assay. BMC Infectious Diseases. 8:140, 2008. Article: http://www.biomedcentral.com/14712334/8/140 Wright CA, et al. Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy: an Undervalued Diagnostic Modality in Paediatric Mycobacterial Disease. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease: the Official Journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 13(12):1467-75, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected] 10