Evaluation of the contribution of major t cell subsets to ifn-γ production in tb infection by elispot

Immunological Investigations

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 341-349

  Lugos, Moses D ^a,b   Adetifa, Ifedayo M O ^b   Donkor, Simon ^b   Hill, Philip C ^b,c   Adegbola, Richard A ^b   Ota, Martin O C ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ELISPOT; IFN ; T lymphocyte subsets; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350582937     PISSN: 08820139     EISSN: 15324311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820130902748744     Document Type: Article

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