Interferon gamma response to combinations 38 kDa/CFP-10, 38 kDa/MPT-64, ESAT-6/MPT-64 and ESAT-6/CFP-10, each related to a single recombinant protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in individuals from tuberculosis endemic areas

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-296

  Oliveira Tavares, Ricardo C ^a   Salgado, Jorge ^a   Moreira, Valéria Barbosa ^b   Ferreira, Mônica Antonia S ^a   Queiroz Mello, Fernanda C ^c   Leung, Janaína W ^c   Fonseca, Leila De Souza ^c   Spallek, Ralf ^d   Singh, Mahaviir ^d   Saad, Maria Helena Féres ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Souza Aguiar   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d LIONEX DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

38 kDa; CFP 10; IFN ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33947357019     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03910.x     Document Type: Article

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