Antibodies to mycobacterial antigens for diagnosis of tuberculosis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-461

  Verma, Raj Kumar ^a   Jain, Amita ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antigens; Antimycobacterial antigens; Mycobacterial antibodies; Sero diagnosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN 60; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CORD FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 78; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; SULFOLIPID 1; TAT ANTIGEN; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEPROSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 35948994991     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00302.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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