Comparative Diagnostic Performance of TST and IGRAs in the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Systematic Review and Diagnostic Meta-Analysis.

Shyamkumar Sriram, Tareq Abualfaraj, Manal Ali Alsharif, Marwa Zalat, Saad Madani Alawfi, Hammad Ali Fadlalmola, Muayad Albadrani

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

Diagnostic accuracy ofFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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Authors and funding

7 authors.

Shyamkumar SriramDepartment of Rehabilitation and Health Services, College of Health and Public Service, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA.

Tareq AbualfarajDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah 42353, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2747-679X

Manal Ali AlsharifTraining, National and International Collaboration, Academic Affairs, Madinah Health Cluster, Madinah 42319, Saudi Arabia.

Marwa ZalatDepartment of Family and Community Medicine and Medical Education, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah 42353, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9479-1346

Saad Madani AlawfiInternal Medicine Department, Prince Sultan Armed Forces Hospital in Madinah, Madinah 42375, Saudi Arabia.

Hammad Ali FadlalmolaDepartment of Community Health Nursing, Nursing College, Taibah University, Madinah 42353, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5065-9626

Muayad AlbadraniHealth and Life Research Center, Taibah University, Madinah 42353, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7486-1677

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6 · The paper itself

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IGRAinterferon-gamma release assaylatent tuberculosis infectionTSTtuberculin skin testtuberculosis

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PMID41897686

DOI10.3390/diagnostics16060951

PMCPMC13025171

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