Identification of a 25-kilodalton protein of Mycobacterium bovis BCG to distinguish BCG strains from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 224-226

  Kumar, Deepak ^a   Srivastava, Brahm S ^a   Singh, N B ^a   Srivastava, Ranjana ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BCG VACCINATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BCG VACCINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029655671     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.224-226.1996     Document Type: Article

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