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BCG vaccination reduces risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis as detected by gamma interferon release assay

Michael Eisenhut, Shantini Paranjothy, Ibrahim Abubakar, S Bracebridge, M Lilley, Rohinton Mulla, K Lack, D Chalkley, Marian McEvoy

Vaccine · 2009 · 86 citations · 9 references

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What's the Relative Risk?

Jun Zhang, Kai Yu · JAMA · 1998 · 4.1K citations

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Comparison of T-cell-based assay with tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a school tuberculosis outbreak

Katie Ewer, Jonathan J Deeks, Lydia Alvarez‐Erviti et al. · The Lancet · 2003 · 623 citations

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Use in routine clinical practice of two commercial blood tests for diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a prospective study

Giovanni Ferrara, Monica Losi, Roberto D’Amico et al. · The Lancet · 2006 · 506 citations · Full text

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Does the efficacy of BCG decline with time since vaccination?

Jonathan A C Sterne, Laura C. Rodrigues, Ines Nobre Guedes · PubMed · 1998 · 313 citations

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Effect of BCG vaccination on risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children with household tuberculosis contact: a prospective community-based study

Ahmet Soysal, Kerry Millington, Davinder Dosanjh et al. · The Lancet · 2005 · 293 citations

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