T-cell recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture filtrate fractions in tuberculosis patients and their household contacts

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5967-5971

  Demissie, Abebech ^a   Ravn, Pernille ^b   Olobo, Joseph ^a   Doherty, T Mark ^b   Eguale, Tewodros ^c   Geletu, Mulu ^a   Hailu, Wondewossen ^c   Andersen, Peter ^b   Britton, Sven ^a  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032734070     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5967-5971.1999     Document Type: Article

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