Detection of antibodies to a cocktail of mycobacterial excretory-secretory antigens in tuberculosis by ELISA and immunoblotting

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1825-1827

  Gupta, Sonika ^a   Shende, Niraj ^a   Kumar, Satish ^a   Harinath, B C ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 23744475806     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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