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Broad Adaptive Immune Responses to M. tuberculosis Antigens Precede TST Conversion in Tuberculosis Exposed Household Contacts in a TB-Endemic Setting
BACKGROUND: The identification of Mycobacterium(-)tuberculosis (Mtb) infected individuals remains a challenge due to an insufficient understanding of immune responses detected with the current diagnostic tests for latent tuberculosis i.e. the tuberculin skin test (TST) or IFN–γ release assays (IGRAs...
Autores principales: | Buchwald, Ulrike K., Adetifa, Ifedayo M. O., Bottomley, Christian, Owiafe, Patrick K., Donkor, Simon, Bojang, Adama L., Sutherland, Jayne S. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4280211/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25549338 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116268 |
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