Here today - Gone tomorrow: The case for transient acute tuberculosis infection

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 734-735

  Nardell, Edward A ^a   Wallis, Robert S ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pharmaceutical Product Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITOPES; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33749432951     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200607-923ED     Document Type: Editorial

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