Latent tuberculosis infection amongst new recruits to the Chinese army: Comparison of ELISPOT assay and tuberculin skin test

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 405, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 110-113

  Wu, Xueqiong ^a   Li, Qiaoke ^a,b   Yang, Yourong ^a   Zhang, Chuiying ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Zhang, Junxian ^a   Liang, Yan ^a   Cheng, Hongbing ^a   Zhang, Jingzhuan ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a   Zhang, Guangyu ^a   Wang, Lan ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

ELISPOT; PPD; Recombinant CFP 10 ESAT 6 fusion protein; TB infection; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL SELECTION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67349229086     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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