The in-vitro interferon-gamma release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections

Zhonghua Jiehe he Huxi Zazhi

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 545-549

  Xie, Li ^a   Ma, Yu ^a   Gao, Wei Wei ^a   Li, Chuan You ^a   Zhang, Zong De ^a   Chen, Xiao You ^a   Gu, Shu Xiang ^a   Xing, Ai Ying ^a   Zheng, Shu Hua ^a   Liu, Zhong Quan ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Han, Xi Qin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antigens, bacterial; Interferon gamma; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculin test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESAT 6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ESAT-6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS ANTIGENS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33751226920     PISSN: 10010939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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