Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by enumeration of antigen-specific T cells

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 824-828

  Lalvani, Ajit ^a   Pathan, Ansar A ^b   Mcshane, Helen ^b   Wilkinson, Robert J ^b   Latif, Mohammed ^b   Conlon, Christopher P ^b   Pasvol, Geoffrey ^b   Hill, Adrian V S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MARKER; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035060152     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.4.2009100     Document Type: Article

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