ESAT-6/CFP-10-specific levels of 11 analytes (IL2, MIG, SCF, TRAIL, b-NGF, IL12-p40, IL2Ra, IL13, IFN-γ, IP10 and LIF) discriminated between NON-TB and LTBI groups, with AUC ≥0.73. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL10 and tuberculosis.