Ann Lab Med.  2020 Sep;40(5):428-430. 10.3343/alm.2020.40.5.428.

Serial Assays of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold-Plus in Subjects Exposed to Patients with Active Tuberculosis

• Moon HW
• Yi A
• Yoon S
• Kim H
• Chung HJ
• Hur M
• Yun YM
• Yoo KH

• KMID: 2502576
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2020.40.5.428

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