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| Title: | Immune Responses to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific Antigen ESAT-6 Signal Subclinical Infection among Contacts of Tuberculosis Patients |
| Authors: | Doherty, T. Mark
Demissie, Abebech
Olobo, Joseph
Wolday, Dawit
Britton, Sven
Eguale, Tewodros
Ravn, Pernille
Andersen, Peter |
| Keywords: | Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberclosis
TB(Diseases)
Antigen ESAT-6
Lungs-Tuberclosis |
| Issue Date: | Feb-2002 |
| Publisher: | American Society for Microbiology |
| Citation: | Doherty, T.M., Demissie, A., Olobo, J., Wolday, D., Britton, S., Eguale, T., Ravn, P., Andersen, P. (2002). Immune responses to the mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigen ESAT-6 signal subclinical infection among contacts of tuberculosis patients. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 40(2). |
| Abstract: | Diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is considered essential for tuberculosis control but
is hampered by the lack of specific reagents. We report that strong recognition of tuberculosis complex-specific
antigen ESAT-6 by healthy household contacts of tuberculosis patients correlates with the subsequent development
of active tuberculosis during a 2-year follow-up period. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1386 |
| ISSN: | 0095-1137 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Bio-Medical)
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