Whole blood assays for interferon-γ: Practicalities and potential for use as diagnostic tests in the field

Leprosy Review

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Dockrell, H M ^a   Black, G F ^a   Weir, R E ^a   Fine, P E M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEPROSY; MALAWI; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034496004     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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