Comparison of the Immunological Activity of Five Defined Antigens from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Seven Inbred Guinea Pig Strains. The 38‐kDa Antigen is Immunodominant

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 503-514

  HASLOV K ^a   ANDERSEN, A B ^a   LJUNGQVIST, L ^a   BENTZON, M WEIS ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITOPES; GUINEA PIGS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0025270458     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1990.tb02798.x     Document Type: Article

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