Mantoux tuberculin skin tests are often used for routine screening of high risk individuals.
Interferon-γ release assays are blood tests used in the diagnosis of some infectious diseases. There are currently two interferon-γ release assays available for the diagnosis of tuberculosis:
- QuantiFERON-TB Gold (licensed in US, Europe and Japan); and
- T-SPOT.TB, a form of ELISPOT (licensed in Europe).
Chest photofluorography has been used in the past for mass screening for tuberculosis.
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