Tuberculin-purified protein derivative-, MPT-64-, and ESAT-6-stimulated gamma interferon responses in medical students before and after Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination and in patients with tuberculosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 934-937

  Johnson, P D R ^a   Stuart, R L ^a   Grayson, M L ^a   Olden, D ^a   Clancy, A ^b   Ravn, P ^c   Andersen, P ^c   Britton, W J ^d   Rothel, J S ^b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CSL LIMITED   (Australia)

^c CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032707322     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.6.934-937.1999     Document Type: Article

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