Characterization of the delayed type hypersensitivity-inducing epitope of MPT64 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 499-503

  Oettinger, T ^a,b   Holm, A ^c   Haslov K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; EPITOPE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031006368     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-429.x     Document Type: Article

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