Whole blood interferon-gamma responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in young household contacts of persons with tuberculosis in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Lewinsohn, Deborah A ^a   Zalwango, Sarah ^b   Stein, Catherine M ^c,d   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^b,d   Okwera, Alphonse ^b,e   Boom, W Henry ^c   Mugerwa, Roy D ^b,d   Whalen, Christopher C ^c,f  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^e MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS ANTIGENS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; UGANDA; VACCINATION; AGE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FAMILY SIZE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 54849406572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003407     Document Type: Article

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