Serologic diagnosis of tuberculosis using a simple commercial multiantigen assay

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-112

  Perkins, Mark D ^a,c   Conde, Marcus B ^b   Martins, Marneili ^b   Kritski, Afranio L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Diagnosis; Serology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0037245868     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.1.107     Document Type: Article

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