Funding Information: This publication is based upon work performed with national funds from FCT–Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, IP, in the scope of the project UIDP/04378/2020 of the Research Unit on Applied Molecular Biosciences–UCIBIO and the project LA/P/0140/ 2020 of the Associate Laboratory Institute for Health and Bioeconomy–i4HB. Centro de Química Estrutural, CQE (UIDB/00100/2020 and UIDP/00100/2...
Funding Information: We thank the National DNA Bank Carlos III (University of Salamanca, Spain) for supplying part of the control DNA samples from Spain and all the participants for their essential collaboration. This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science through the Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (refs. SAF2016-78722-R and PID2020-120157RB-I00), the A...
Funding Information: Funding: This work was supported by the Plan Andaluz de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación (PAIDI 2020) (ref. PY20_00212, P20_00583), and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (ref. SAF2016–78722-R, PID2020–120157RB-I00) and the Proyectos I + D + i del Programa Operativo FEDER 2020 (ref....
The diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), namely in healthcare workers, has been done by tuberculin skin test (TST). Recently, Interferon-λ Release Assays (IGRA tests) have been introduced. Unlike TST, they do not turn positive after BCG vaccine or after most of non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections. In the absence of a gold standard for the diagnosis of LTB, the aim of this study was to analyze ...