Immune response to recombinant mycobacterial proteins in patients with tuberculosis infection and disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 431-434

  Mehra, Vijay ^b   Gong, Jian Hua ^b   Iyer, Dinakar ^b   Lin YuanGuang, ^b   Thomas Boylen, C ^b   Bloom, Barry R ^b   Barnes, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0029982451     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.2.431     Document Type: Article

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