Variability of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube Test Using Automated and Manual Methods

• William C. Whitworth ,

  * E-mail: wcw2@cdc.gov

  Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Donald J. Goodwin,

  Current address: Epidemiology Consult Services, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

  Affiliation Epidemiology Services Branch, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City-Base, Texas, United States of America

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• Laura Racster,

  Current address: Healthcare Informatics Division/SG6H, United States Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliation Epidemiology Services Branch, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City-Base, Texas, United States of America

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• Kevin B. West,

  Affiliation Department of Occupational Medicine/TB Prevention/Deployment Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Reid Clinic, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America

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• Stella O. Chuke,

  Current address: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention/Macro International, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  Affiliations Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Northrop Grumman Information Systems Sector, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Laura J. Daniels,

  Current address: Locum Tenens, Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America

  Affiliations Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Brandon H. Campbell,

  Affiliations Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Northrop Grumman Information Systems Sector, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jamaria Bohanon,

  Affiliations Epidemiology Services Branch, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City-Base, Texas, United States of America, CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Atheer T. Jaffar,

  Current address: Geneva Foundation, Akimeka Division, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliations Epidemiology Services Branch, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City-Base, Texas, United States of America, CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Wanzer Drane,

  Affiliation Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Paul A. Sjoberg,

  Affiliation Epidemiology Consult Services, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

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• Gerald H. Mazurek

  Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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