Evaluation of a commercial enzyme immunoassay for the detection of interferon gamma levels in active tuberculosis patients and vaccinated healthy subjects;Aktif tüberkülozlu hastalar ve aşιlι saǧlιklι bireylerde interferon gamma düzeylerinin saptanmasιnda ticari bir enzim immün yönteminin deǧerlendirilmesi

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-78

  Cesur, Salih ^a   Saka, Dilek ^b   Tarhan, Gülnur ^a   Ceyhan, Ismail ^a   Çalişir, Haluk ^b   Öǧretensoy, Mihriban ^b  

^a Refik Saydam Hifzissihha Merkezi   (Turkey)

^b Ara tirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ELISA; Interferon gamma; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; BCG VACCINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646940742     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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