Serodiagnosis of tuberculosis: Due to shift track

Tuberculosis

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Ivanyi, Juraj ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Diagnosis; Serology; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

2,3 DI O ACYLTREHALOSE; ACR 1 PROTEIN; ACR 1 PROTEIN ANTIBODY; AG85 ANTIGEN; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LAM ANTIBODY; MTB11 PROTEIN; MTB48 PROTEIN; PSTS1 ANTIGEN; TREHALOSE; TRIGLYCOSYL PHENOL DIMYCOLCEROSATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULIN TEST; X RAY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84856457048     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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