Selected pool of peptides from ESAT-6 and CFP-10 proteins for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3469-3474

  Scarpellini, Paolo ^a   Tasca, Silvana ^a   Galli, Laura ^a   Beretta, Alberto ^a   Lazzarin, Adriano ^a,b   Fortis, Claudio ^a,c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c San Luigi AIDS Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CFP10; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BCG VACCINATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 3843114539     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3469-3474.2004     Document Type: Article

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