Evaluation of the recombinant 38-kilodalton antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a potential immunodiagnostic reagent

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 553-557

  Wilkinson, R J ^a,b   Haslov K ^c   Rappuoli, R ^d   Giovannoni, F ^d   Narayanan, P R ^e   Desai, C R ^f   Vordermeier, H M ^a   Paulsen, J ^g   Pasvol, G ^b   Ivanyi, J ^a   Singh, M ^g  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^f Group of TB Hospitals   (India)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031057610     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.553-557.1997     Document Type: Article

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