Interferon-gamma Release Tests

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies for interferon-γ release assays and tuberculin skin test in tuberculous uveitis. 
  • Establishment and maintenance of a PBMC repository for functional cellular studies in support of clinical vaccine trials. 
  • Feasibility and willingness-to-pay for integrated community-based tuberculosis testing. 
  • Implementation of Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) guidelines within the External Quality Assurance Program Oversight Laboratory (EQAPOL). 
  • Paradox of serial interferon-gamma release assays: variability width more important than specificity size. 
  • Should all patients undergoing treatment with biologic agents be screened annually for latent tuberculosis infection with an interferon gamma release assay? 
  • Statistical methods for the assessment of EQAPOL proficiency testing: ELISpot, Luminex, and Flow Cytometry. 
  • The External Quality Assurance Oversight Laboratory (EQAPOL) proficiency program for IFN-gamma enzyme-linked immunospot (IFN-γ ELISpot) assay. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Ferrari, Guido, Associate Professor of Surgery, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology