Immunological and molecular diagnosis of Myobacterium tuberculosis between two environmentally different regions

Current Research in Tuberculosis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-14

  Abdelwahab, Abeer E ^a  

^a City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Diagnosis; ELISpot; Industry pollution; M. tuberculosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PETROLEUM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOMASS; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLLUTANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953372561     PISSN: 18193366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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