TY - JOUR AU - Shakak, Amani Osman AU - Khalil, Eltahir Awad Gasim AU - Musa, Ahmed Mudawi AU - Salih, Kawthar Abd Eljalil Mohamed AU - Bashir, Abd Elgadir Ali AU - Ahmed, Ala Hassan AU - Idris, Fath Elrahman Mohamed AU - Elhassan, Ahmed Mohamed AU - Tuberculosis Research Group/Sudan PY - 2013 DA - 2013/12/05 TI - Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in Sudan: a case–control study comparing interferon-γ release assay and tuberculin skin test JO - BMC Public Health SP - 1128 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Most people exposed to M. tuberculosis show no evidence of clinical disease. Five to 10% of individuals with latent infection progress to develop overt disease during their life time. Identification of people with latent TB infection will increase case detection rates and may dictate new treatment policies to control tuberculosis. This study aimed to determine LTBI point prevalence in a population from Sudan using two different diagnostic methods: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the IFN-γ release assay (IGRA). SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1128 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1128 ID - Shakak2013 ER -