TB or not TB: The role of immunodiagnosis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2840-2843

  Lange, Christoph ^a   Sester, Martina ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Interferons; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECEPTORS, CCR7; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84868111485     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201242950     Document Type: Note

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