Strong antibody responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE-PGRS62 protein are associated with latent and active tuberculosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3337-3343

  Kah, Wee Koh ^a   Shu, E Soh ^a,b   Geok, Teng Seah ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN PE PGRS17; PROTEIN PE PGRS62; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67651232734     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01175-08     Document Type: Article

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