Interferon gamma-induced protein-10 concentrations in children with previous tuberculosis infections and disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1089-1091

  Bihari, Smiti ^a   Cavalcanti, Nara ^a,b   Correia, Jailson B ^b,c   Alves, Gerlane ^b   Souza, Edvaldo ^b,d   Brabin, Bernard J ^a   Cuevas, Luis E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde and Hospital Agamenon Magalhães   (Brazil)

Author keywords

children; interferon gamma release assays; interferon gamma induced protein 10; Quantiferon TB Gold in Tube; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; ISONIAZID; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMOKINE CXCL10; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866634250     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182611152     Document Type: Article

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