Interferon gamma assays for tuberculosis

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 322-324

  Lalvani, Ajit ^a   Richeldi, Luca ^b   Kunst, Heinke ^c   Dheda, Keertan ^d,e   Chang, Jung Su ^d   Kim, Louise U ^d   Huggett, Jim F ^d   Johnson, Margaret A ^e   Zumla, Alimuddin ^d   Rook, Graham A W ^d   Pai, Madhukar ^f   Riley, Lee W ^f   Colford Jr , John M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

CELL CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 20344362183     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(05)70118-3     Document Type: Letter

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