title: Environmental temperature impacts on the performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assays.
authors: Academic Unit of Clinical & Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors: Jessica
authors: J
authors: Jarvis
authors: Academic Unit of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; CRUK NIHR Southampton Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors: Yifang
authors: Y
authors: Gao
authors: Academic Unit of Clinical & Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors: Hans
authors: H
authors: de Graaf
authors: NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Hughes
authors: Academic Unit of Clinical & Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors: Raymond N
authors: RN
authors: Allan
authors: Academic Unit of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; CRUK NIHR Southampton Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; Department of Immunology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; Wessex Investigational Sciences Hub, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
authors: Anthony
authors: A
authors: Williams
authors: Academic Unit of Clinical & Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital NHS Southampton Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors: Ben
authors: B
authors: Marshall
authors: Academic Unit of Clinical & Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital NHS Southampton Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Elkington
authors: Academic Unit of Clinical & Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors: Saul N
authors: SN
authors: Faust
authors: Academic Unit of Clinical & Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. Electronic address: m.tebruegge@soton.ac.uk.
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Tebruegge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059425:Interferon-gamma Release Tests / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Indeterminate; Interferon-gamma release assay; Performance; Temperature; Tuberculosis