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Diagnosis of Active and Latent TB Infection With IFN-y Assays in African Children

NCT00456469 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2007-04-05

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Summary

Study based in Southern Ethiopia Purpose - to explore if children in contact with adults with TB have positive acute reactants such as IFN-y and other cytokine responses; if these responses discriminate between high and low risk of disease progression and whether these could be incorporated into improved diagnostic approaches.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Thrasher Research Fund

    collaborator OTHER

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Luis Cuevas, Dr · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Completion
2009-10-31

Countries

  • Ethiopia

Study Locations

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