Cell-mediated immune response to tuberculosis antigens: Comparison of skin testing and measurement of in vitro gamma interferon production in whole-blood culture

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 339-345

  Katial, R K ^a   Hershey, J ^a   Purohit Seth, T ^a   Belisle, J T ^a   Brennan, P J ^a   Spencer, J S ^a   Engler, R J M ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035106777     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.2.339-345.2001     Document Type: Article

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