Pathogenesis, immunology, and diagnosis of latent mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ahmad, Suhail ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TUBERCULIN TEST; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79952225371     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: 17402530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/814943     Document Type: Review

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