The potential of the ESAT-6 antigen secreted by virulent mycobacteria for specific diagnosis of tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1251-1254

  Pollock, John M ^b   Andersen, Peter ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030898789     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593686     Document Type: Article

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