The application of the T spot-TB assay in Bulgarian patients with tuberculosis infection

Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 10-11

  Markova, Roumiana ^a   Drenska, R ^a   Terzieva, V ^a   Todorova, Y ^a   Dimitrov, V ^b   Nikolova, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b Regional Dispensary for Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

IFN gamma; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CFP 10 ANTIGEN; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BCG VACCINATION; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; T LYMPHOCYTE; T SPOT TB ASSAY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 28044462625     PISSN: 02049155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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