Whole blood assays to identify Th1 cell antigens and peptides encoded by Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific RD1 genes

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-249

  Hanif, Shumaila N M ^a   El Shammy, Abdulsalam M ^b   Al Attiyah, Rajaa ^a   Mustafa, Abu S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Chest Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Peptides; Region of difference 1; Th1 cell antigens; Tuberculosis; Whole blood assays

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPEN READING FRAME; TH1 CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 42149097784     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117800     Document Type: Article

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