Specific in vitro proliferative immune responses and lymphokine production in Ethiopian children with and without tuberculosis

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-45

  Kori, M ^a   Barak, V ^b   Leibovitz, E ^c   Altman, Y ^a   Eliraz, A ^a   Handzel, Z T ^a  

^a KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immune responses; Lymphokines; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOKINE; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SUPERNATANT; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033979676     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050010     Document Type: Article

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