Non-human primates: A model for tuberculosis research

Tuberculosis

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 116-118

  Flynn, J L ^a   Capuano, S V ^a   Croix, D ^a   Pawar, S ^a   Myers, A ^a   Zinovik, A ^a   Klein, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG LAVAGE; MACACA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH SUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0038182023     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-9792(02)00059-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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