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ArticleGates open research2021

Comparing QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus with QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among highly TB exposed gold miners in South Africa.

Thobani Ntshiqa, Violet Chihota, Raoul Mansukhani, Lindiwe Nhlangulela, Kavindhran Velen, Salome Charalambous, Pholo Maenetje, Thomas R Hawn, Robert Wallis, Alison D Grant and 2 more

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Article in Gates open research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A proteome-wide atlas of humoral immunity toFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Thobani NtshiqaImplementation Research Division, The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0752-3192
Violet ChihotaImplementation Research Division, The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-9266
Raoul MansukhaniDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, WC1E 7HT, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9456-5859
Lindiwe NhlangulelaImplementation Research Division, The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.
Kavindhran VelenImplementation Research Division, The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.
Salome CharalambousImplementation Research Division, The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.
Pholo MaenetjeImplementation Research Division, The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.
Thomas R HawnDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, New York, 98195, USA.
Robert WallisImplementation Research Division, The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.
Alison D GrantSchool of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2437-5195
Katherine FieldingSchool of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.
Gavin ChurchyardImplementation Research Division, The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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GoldminesLatent Tuberculosis InfectionPerformanceQFT-GITQFT-PlusSouth AfricaTST

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PMID37560544
PMCPMC10407057

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