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Latent Tuberculosis Detection by Interferon γ Release Assay during Pregnancy Predicts Active Tuberculosis and Mortality in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1–Infected Women and Their Children

Sasi Jonnalagadda, Barbara Lohman Payne, Elizabeth R. Brown, Dalton Wamalwa, Elizabeth Obimbo, Maxwel Majiwa, Carey Farquhar, Phelgona Otieno, Dorothy Mbori‐Ngacha, Grace John‐Stewart

The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2010 · 50 citations · 26 references

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Positive IGRA results for HIV-1-infected pregnant women were associated with postpartum active tuberculosis and mortality among mothers and their infants.

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