From genome-based in silico predictions to ex vivo verification of leprosy diagnosis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 352-359

  Geluk, Annemieke ^a   Spencer, John S ^b   Bobosha, Kidist ⁱ   Pessolani, Maria C V ^c   Pereira, Geraldo M B ^c,d   Banu, Sayera ^e   Honoré, Nadine ^f   Reece, Stephen T ^g   MacDonald, Murdo ^h   Sapkota, Bishwa Raj ^h   Ranjit, Chaman ^h   Franken, Kees L M C ^a   Zewdie, Martha ⁱ   Aseffa, Abraham ⁱ   Hussain, Rabia ^j   Stefani, Mariane M ^k   Cho, Sang Nae ^l   Oskam, Linda ^m   Brennan, Patrick J ^b   Dockrell, Hazel M ^h,n  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^g INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Anandaban Leprosy Hospital   (Nepal)

ⁱ ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^j AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^k FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^l Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^m ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

ⁿ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BANGLADESH; BRAZIL; CELL ASSAY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BANGLADESH; BRAZIL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949447837     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00414-08     Document Type: Article

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