Gamma Interferon-Based Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis: Comparison between Whole-Blood and Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 829-831

  Schölvinck, Elisabeth ^a,d   Wilkinson, Katalin A ^a   Whelan, Adam O ^b   Martineau, Adrian R ^a   Levin, Michael ^a   Wilkinson, Robert J ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS;

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

EID: 10744230494     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.829-831.2004     Document Type: Article

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