A blood RNA transcript signature for TB exposure in household contacts

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BACKGROUND: Current tools for diagnosing latent TB infection (LTBI) detect immunological memory of past exposure but are unable to determine whether exposure is recent. We sought to identify a whole-blood transcriptome signature of recent TB exposure. METHODS: We studied household contacts of TB patients; healthy volunteers without recent history of TB exposure; and patients with active TB. We performed...

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