Exploring the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis for a better diagnosis of the infection

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 425-433

  Ferrara, Giovanni ^a   Losi, Monica ^b   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^b   Migliori, Giovanni B ^c   Richeldi, Luca ^b   Casali, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquired immune response; Diagnosis; Latent tuberculosis infection; New tools; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 70450230454     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-009-0050-9     Document Type: Review

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