Latent tuberculosis among adult ethiopian patients at chest clinic, tikuranbessa specialized hospital, addis ababa, ethiopia.

Conclusions: The magnitude of latent tuberculosis infection was high in this study, which reflects existing high prevalence of TB. TST and Quantiferon-Tuberculosis-Gold assay show similar efficacy for the diagnosis of LTBI in healthy Ethiopian adults. The absolute CD4 T-cell counts of healthy HIV- negative Ethiopians are considerably lower than CD4 T cell counts in other countries. PMID: 29115115 [PubMed]
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research