T-cell response to mycobacterial proteins: A comparative study of tuberculous and control immunoblots of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. Bovis BCG

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-153

  Bassey, E O E ^a,c   Life, P F ^a   Catty, D ^a   Gaston, J S H ^a   Kumararatne, D S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029961169     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8479(96)90029-5     Document Type: Article

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