T cell mediated immune responses in patients with tuberculous lymphadenitis from Butajira, Southern Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 29-35

  Habte, Abebe ^a   Geletu, Mulu ^a   Olobo, Joseph Okao ^a,b   Kidane, Dawit ^a   Negesse, Yohannes ^a   Yassin, Mohammed Ahmed ^c   Kifle, Bereda ^d   Abate, Getahun ^a   Harboe, Morten ^a,e   Aseffa, Abraham ^a  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Region 14 Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^d Butajira Health Center   (Ethiopia)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 33750120236     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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