Comparison of same day versus delayed enumeration of TB-specific T cell responses

Journal of Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 344-350

  Lenders, L M ^a   Meldau, R ^a   van Zyl Smit, R N ^a   Woodburne, V ^a   Maredza, A ^a   Cashmore, T J ^a   Semple, P L ^a   Badri, M ^a   Zumla, A ^b   Dheda, K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Human; Interferon gamma; T cell; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; T CELL XTEND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952551496     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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