Diagnosis of active tuberculosis in China using an in-house gamma interferon enzyme-linked immunospot assay

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 879-884

  Chen, Xinchun ^a,b   Yang, Qianting ^a   Zhang, Mingxia ^a,b   Graner, Michael ^c   Zhu, Xiuyun ^a,b   Larmonier, Nicolas ^d   Liao, Mingfeng ^a   Yu, Weiye ^b   Deng, Qunyi ^a,b   Zhou, Boping ^a,b  

^a GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenzhen Donghu Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67249157158     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00044-09     Document Type: Article

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