A 35-kilodalton protein is a major target of the human immune response to Mycobacterium leprae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5171-5177

  Triccas, James A ^a   Roche, Paul W ^a   Winter, Nathalie ^a,d   Feng, Carl G ^a   Ruth Butlin, C ^b   Britton, Warwick J ^a,c  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Anandaban Leprosy Hospital   (Nepal)

^c Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology   (Australia)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029836955     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5171-5177.1996     Document Type: Article

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