Changes in avidity and level of immunoglobulin G antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sera of patients undergoing treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 702-709

  Pereira Arias Bouda, Lenka M ^a,b   Kuijper, Sjoukje ^a   Der Werf, Anouk Van ^a   Nguyen, Lan N ^c   Jansen, Henk M ^b   Kolk, Arend H J ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; THIOCYANATE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELUTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEASUREMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0037767805     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.4.702-709.2003     Document Type: Article

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