Enumeration of T cells specific for RD1-encoded antigens suggests a high prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in healthy urban Indians

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 469-477

  Lalvani, Ajit ^a   Nagvenkar, Punam ^b   Udwadia, Zarir ^b   Pathan, Ansar A ^a   Wilkinson, Katalin A ^a   Shastri, Jayanthi S ^c   Ewer, Katie ^a   Hill, Adrian V S ^a   Mehta, Ajita ^b   Rodrigues, Camilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c R N Cooper Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENE PRODUCT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035253283     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318081     Document Type: Article

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