Production of TNF-α, IL-12(p40) and IL-17 Can Discriminate between Active TB Disease and Latent Infection in a West African Cohort

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) infects approximately 2 billion people world-wide resulting in almost 2 million deaths per year. Determining biomarkers that distinguish different stages of tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease will provide tools for more effective diagnosis and ultima...

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Autores principales: Sutherland, Jayne S., de Jong, Bouke C., Jeffries, David J., Adetifa, Ifedayo M., Ota, Martin O. C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012365

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012365

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