Correlates of protective immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue , 2000, Pages S279-S282

  Ellner, Jerrold J ^a   Hirsch, Christina S ^b   Whalen, Christopher C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; DRUG VEHICLE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BCG VACCINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034463153     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313874     Document Type: Article

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