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Table 2 Participants with inconsistent IGRA results in the weekly blood collections

From: QFT-Plus: a plus in variability? – Evaluation of new generation IGRA in serial testing of students with a migration background in Germany

Sex

No.

Age

IGRA

Visit 1

Visit 2

Visit 3

Visit 4

Overall trend

M

9

32

QFT-Plus

Neg. (0.15/0.19)

Neg. (0.17/0.14)

Neg. (0.14/0.09)

Pos. (0.34/0.40)

Inc.

QFT-GIT

Pos. (0.40)

Pos. (0.62)

Pos. (0.66)

Pos. (0.65)

Pos.

M

10

20

QFT-Plus

Neg. (0.24/0.20)

Pos. (0.50/0.47)

Pos. (0.55/0.73)

Pos. (0.79/0.69)

Inc.

QFT-GIT

Pos. (0.35)

Neg. (0.31)

Pos. (0.46)

Pos. (0.53)

Inc.

M

11

23

QFT-Plus

Pos. (0.32/0.64)

Neg. (0.11/0.12)

Pos. (0.46/0.40)

Pos. (0.56/0.61)

Inc.

QFT-GIT

Neg. (0.18)

Pos. (0.52)

Pos. (0.47)

Pos. (0.63)

Inc.

M

12

25

QFT-Plus

Neg. (0.08/0.08)

Neg. (0.05/0.14)

Pos. (0.16/0.36)

Neg. (0.21/0.24)

Inc.

QFT-GIT

Neg. (0.04)

Neg. (0.09)

Neg. (0.09)

Neg. (0.14)

Neg.