Immune responses to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigen ESAT-6 signal subclinical infection among contacts of tuberculosis patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 704-706

  Doherty, T Mark ^a   Demissie, Abebech ^a   Olobo, Joseph ^a   Wolday, Dawit ^a   Britton, Sven ^a   Eguale, Tewodros ^a   Ravn, Pernille ^a   Andersen, Peter ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036159751     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.704-706.2002     Document Type: Article

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