Usefulness of the QuantiFERON-TB-Gold <i>in tube</i> in a population at risk of bovine tubercular infection

Abstract

The effectiveness of the QuantiFERON-TB-Gold in tube was compared with PPD to detect tuberculosis infection in the staff of cattle-farms, as a consequence of an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in livestock.The data revealed the advantage of the immunological test for the specific detection of subjects infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex