List of Major League Baseball batting champions - Key. 1  L Recognized major leagues include the current American and National Leagues and several defunct leagues â the American Association, the Federal League, the Players' League, and the Union Association.
The tuberculosis (TB) blood test, also called an Interferon Gamma Release Assay or IGRA, is a way to find out if you have TB germs in your body. The TB blood test can be done instead of a TB skin test (Mantoux). âpositiveâ TB blood test result means you probably have TB germs in your body. Most people with a positive TB blood test have latent TB infection. To be sure, your doctor will examine you and do a chest x-ray.
T-SPOT.TB is a type of ELISPOT assay used for tuberculosis diagnosis, which belongs to the group of interferon-gamma release assays.The test is manufactured by Oxford Immunotec in the UK.It is available in most European countries, the United States as well as various other countries. metaanalysis of studies in children with active tuberculosis published in 2011 suggests that the sensitivity of the T-SPOT. TB is very similar to that of the tuberculin skin test (pooled sensitivity reported as 84% and 80%, respectively).