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QIFN measures gamma interferon (IFN-\u03b3) production when purified protein derivatives (PPDs) of mycobacteria are incubated with venous blood samples. The specificity of QIFN in medical students before and after BCG immunization was assessed, and sensitivity in patients with tuberculosis was assessed. Antigens were PPD derived from<jats:italic>M. tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>and two<jats:italic>M. tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>-specific proteins, ESAT-6 and MPT-64. Of 60 medical students, all of whom had 0-mm tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) at study entry, 58 (97%) were initially classified as negative for<jats:italic>M. tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>infection by PPD QIFN. Five months after BCG immunization, 7 of 54 students (13%) had a TST result of \u226510 mm and 11 of 54 students (20%) tested positive by PPD QIFN. ESAT-6- and MPT-64-stimulated IFN-\u03b3 responses in the medical students were negative prior to and after BCG immunization. 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