An epidemic of tuberculosis with a high rate of tuberculin anergy among a population previously unexposed to tuberculosis, the Yanomami Indians of the Brazilian Amazon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 13227-13232

  Sousa, A O ^a   Salem, J I ^a   Lee, F K ^a   Vercosa, M C ^a   Cruaud, P ^a   Bloom, B R ^a   Lagrange, P H ^a   David, H L ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial antibodies; Cell mediated immunity; Genetic selection; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOKINE; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CLONAL ANERGY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030722329     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.24.13227     Document Type: Article

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