Humoral immune responses to multiple antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in tuberculosis patients co-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1127-1131

  Colangeli, R ^a   Antinori, A ^b,c   Cingolani, A ^b   Ortona, L ^b   Lyashchenko, K ^a   Fadda, G ^b   Gennaro, M L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigen cocktails; Recombinant antigens; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032701827     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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