Humoral response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in patients with tuberculosis in the Gambia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1112-1119

  Greenaway, Chris ^a,b,c   Lienhardt, C ^c,d   Adegbola, R ^c   Brusasca, P ^e   McAdam, K ^c   Menzies, D ^b,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

38 kDa antigen; CFP 10; Diagnosis; ESAT 6; Serology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 26444578864     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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