The role of IGRA in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection, differentiating from active tuberculosis, and decision making for initiating treatment or preventive therapy of tuberculosis infection

•Tuberculosis (TB) infection accounts for 2 billion people worldwide•TB infection is defined by immune response detection without clinical active disease•Tests for TB infection diagnosis lack accuracy to identify progressors to disease•Preventive therapy is a strategy to control TB spread worldwide•...

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