Identification of promiscuous epitopes from the mycobacterial 65- kilodalton heat shock protein recognized by human CD4+ T cells of the Mycobacterium leprae memory repertoire

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5683-5689

  Mustafa, Abu S ^a   Lundin, Knut E A ^b   Meloen, Robert H ^c   Shinnick, Thomas M ^d   Oftung, Fredrik ^e  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMORY CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0032734065     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5683-5689.1999     Document Type: Article

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