Antigen-specific T-cell responses of leprosy patients

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1659-1665

  Duthie, Malcolm S ^a,b   Goto, Wakako ^a   Ireton, Greg C ^a   Reece, Stephen T ^a   Sampaio, Lucas H ^c   Grassi, A B ^c   Sousa, Ana Lucia M ^c   Martelli, Celina M T ^c   Stefani, Mariane M A ^c   Reed, Steven G ^a  

^a INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Protein AI   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 55849084617     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00234-08     Document Type: Article

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