A functional whole blood assay to measure viability of mycobacteria, using reporter-gene tagged BCG or M.Tb (BCG lux/M.Tb lux)

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 55, 2011, Pages

  Newton, Sandra ^a   Martineau, Adrian ^b   Kampmann, Beate ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BCG; Host pathogen interactions; Immune responses; Immunology; Issue 55; Lux reporter genes; M.tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Whole blood assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053931569     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3332     Document Type: Article

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