Enhanced contact tracing and spatial tracking of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by enumeration of antigen-specific T cells

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9273, 2001, Pages 2017-2021

  Lalvani, Ajit ^a   Pathan, Ansar A ^a   Durkan, Helen ^b   Wilkinson, Katalin A ^a   Whelan, Adam ^d   Deeks, Jonathan J ^e   Reece, William H H ^a   Latif, Mohammed ^c   Pasvol, Geoffrey ^b   Hill, Adrian V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035938954     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)05115-1     Document Type: Article

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