Tuberculin specific T cell responses in BCG vaccinated children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-40

  Lakshmi, V Vijaya ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^a   Rani, H Surekha ^a   Latha, G Suman ^a   Murthy, K J R ^a  

^a Bhagawan Mahavir Medical Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; SUPERNATANT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS;

BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN;

EID: 12744263394     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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