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Widely used test for TB has cumulative false positive results when used annually in a closed low risk population. Leads to the potential over diagnosis and inappropriate prophylaxis of large numbers of people at exceptional cost and with potentially negative outcomes.

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This page is a summary of: Cumulative False-Positive QuantiFERON-TB Interferon-γ Release Assay Results, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, May 2016, American Thoracic Society,
DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201508-532oc.
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