Immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG Immune Responses against P-90 Antigen for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Screening for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-97

  Conde, Marcus B ^a   Suffys, Philip ^b   Lapa E Silva, Jose Roberto ^a   Kritski, Afranio L ^a   Dorman, Susan E ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN P90; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0347758623     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.1.94-97.2004     Document Type: Article

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