Diagnostic role of the antibody response to the 38kDa, 16kDa proteins and lipoarabinomannan of mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-128

  Raju, Renuka ^a   Suneetha, Sujai ^d   Sagili, Karuna ^a   Meher Vani, C ^a   Saraswathi, V ^b   Satyanarayana, A V V ^c   Suneetha, Lavanya M ^e  

^a LEPRA Society   (India)

^b NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c State TB Training and Demonstration Center   (India)

^d HIV/AIDS Centre   (India)

^e OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

38kDa and 16kDa M.tb protein; ELISA; Lipoarabinomannan; Serodiagnosis; Tuberculosis; Western blot

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 14944384807     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893056     Document Type: Article

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