In vitro nonspecific mitogenic response of T-cell subsets in acute and chronic brucellosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-233

  Kinikli, Sami ^a   Turkcapar, Nuran ^b   Kucukay, Murat Bulent ^b   Keskin, Goksal ^c   Kinikli, Gulay ^b  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cellular immune response; Immunity; T cell subsets

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MITOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 23644434118     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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